The Tyrant King Leopold II and His Atrocities on Congolese

The Holocaust that King Leopold II instigated in the Congo Free State

Mutilation by Free State authorities | Image Source- Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Leopold II was born on 9th April 1835 in Brussels, and he started reigning in 1865.

He was the second King of the Belgians. There was much progress s during his reign. He ruled till his death on 17th December 1909, at Lankan.

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