during the reign of King Leopold II of Belgium Congo where rubber became a significant source of raw material due to the industrialization in Europe became a colony of Belgium the Belgian Administration by forcing the local population to work on rubber plantations under harsh conditions turned them into slaves those who refused to work were subjected to torture including cross amputation of arms and legs and those who attempted to escape this nightmare or their family members in case the Escape
was not found were mutilated by having their hands or feet cut off to set an example for all other slaves and show that injustices would not go unpunished between 1980 and 1920 approximately 10 million people died in Congo due to harsh working conditions inadequate nutrition and genocide Belgium was forced to withdraw from Congo due to pressure from International public opinion after journalist Edmund Dean Morel exposed this genocide
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