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Season 2: Episode 1 - Leopolds Congo Free State
Manage episode 316258725 series 2850807
Here we find the people of the Congo living for the first time under one ruler in todays DRC borders.
This man was King Leopold II of Belgium, and he called his territory The Congo Free State.
The land people and people were ruthlessly exploited for ivory and rubber with scant regards to their own interests. Under this regime brutality and control new depths of humanity were reached ...
This is often referred to as the age of Red Rubber.
28 episoder
Manage episode 316258725 series 2850807
Here we find the people of the Congo living for the first time under one ruler in todays DRC borders.
This man was King Leopold II of Belgium, and he called his territory The Congo Free State.
The land people and people were ruthlessly exploited for ivory and rubber with scant regards to their own interests. Under this regime brutality and control new depths of humanity were reached ...
This is often referred to as the age of Red Rubber.
28 episoder
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