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Modern World History: Atrocities in the Congo

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The atrocities committed in Congo under King Leopold revolved around the resource of rubber. He demanded a rubber tax from each villager and began a brutal system of forced labor. Read this description of his brutal reign and how he profited while the Congo suffered.

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