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King Leopolds Ghost 591-70-0031

From the beginning of time genocide has taken place and likely is not to end anytime soon. The atrocity from King Leopold s regime is one of the most unheard of cases of genocide but also one of the most gruesome. The killing and atrocities going on in Congo were full-blown genocide. The King was greedy, did not have any care or respect for his people, and also allowed and had the practice of slavery.

The main motivating factor for King Leopold to commit this mass genocide was greed. All that the King cared about was money and power. To fully understand the extent of genocide that was committed by the King you need to know the exact meaning of genocide. According to Webster Dictionary genocide means the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. An example of the King s greed was a decree he made that by which all the land, all the rubber, and all the ivory was to be the property of the State which was......

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