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Leopold II, King of the Belgians

A 1906 Punch cartoon depicting Leopold II as a rubber snake entangling a Congolese rubber collector. Leopold II (April 9, 1835 - December 17, 1909) was King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. Leopold became the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his own behalf. He used explorer Henry Morton Stanley to help him lay claim to the Congo, the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. He ran the Congo using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal enrichment. He used great sums of the money from this exploitation for public and private construction projects in Belgium during this period. Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labor from the native population to harvest and process rubber. Under his regime millions of the Congolese people died. Reports of deaths and abuse led to a major international scandal, leading the Belgian government to force Leopold to relinquish control of the colony to Belgian civil administration in 1908.
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Leopold II, King of the Belgians
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Traducción automática: Una caricatura de Punch de 1906 que muestra a Leopoldo II como una serpiente de goma enredando a un recolector de caucho congoleño. Leopoldo II (9 de abril de 1835 - 17 de diciembre de 1909) fue rey de los belgas de 1865 a 1909. Leopoldo se convirtió en el fundador y único propietario del Estado Libre del Congo, un proyecto privado emprendido en su propio nombre. Utilizó al explorador Henry Morton Stanley para que le ayudara a reclamar el Congo, la actual República Democrática del Congo. Dirigió el Congo utilizando la mercenaria Force Publique para su enriquecimiento personal. Durante este período, utilizó grandes sumas de dinero de esta explotación para proyectos de construcción públicos y privados en Bélgica. Leopold extrajo una fortuna del Congo, inicialmente mediante la recolección de marfil y, después de un aumento en el precio del caucho en la década de 1890, mediante el trabajo forzado de la población nativa para cosechar y procesar el caucho. Bajo su régimen murieron millones de congoleños. Los informes de muertes y abusos provocaron un gran escándalo internacional, lo que llevó al gobierno belga a obligar a Leopold a ceder el control de la colonia a la administración civil belga en 1908.
A 1906 Punch cartoon depicting Leopold II as a rubber snake entangling a Congolese rubber collector. Leopold II (April 9, 1835 - December 17, 1909) was King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. Leopold became the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his own behalf. He used explorer Henry Morton Stanley to help him lay claim to the Congo, the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. He ran the Congo using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal enrichment. He used great sums of the money from this exploitation for public and private construction projects in Belgium during this period. Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labor from the native population to harvest and process rubber. Under his regime millions of the Congolese people died. Reports of deaths and abuse led to a major international scandal, leading the Belgian government to force Leopold to relinquish control of the colony to Belgian civil administration in 1908.
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3261 x 4200 px | 39.2 MB
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27.6 x 35.6 cm | 10.9 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)