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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1297174, member: 28550&quot;]I&#039;ll second Leopold II of Belgium. What he did to the Congo was truly, monumentally ruthless. Not only did he engage in a reign of terror to increase production (chopping off peoples hands, ordering mercenaries to engage in systematic rape, burning cropland of people in rebellion, etc), but he also did it all under some pretty intensely hypocritical conditions. He accepted huge sums of money from charitable organizations to fund his &#039;development&#039; programs, while pillaging the country of ivory and rubber. </p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Heart of Darkness&#039; does a pretty good job of capturing how terrible conditions in the Congo Free State were under Leopold II. The author was incredibly brave to venture into the country and see things first hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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