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The Congo: Anguish at The Hands of Leopold
Title: The Congo: Anguish at The Hands of Leopold
Category: History / World History
Details: Words: 2858 | Pages: 12.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Congo: Anguish at The Hands of Leopold
For nearly a century the Congo has been the site of widespread famine, poverty, the most devastating diseases known to man, and relentless civil war. The Congo has been forced into this state of destruction economically, politically, and socially because of King Leopold II's policies which no succeeding Congolese governments have been able or willing to reverse. Leopold II's initial government in the Congo was created to establish himself as a philanthropic leader, or at least fool others into believing this. Later, Leopold's policies proved …showed first 85 words of 2858 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 2858 total…weary from the constant fighting and other conditions of the Congo, but something must be done to protect these people or they will annihilate themselves. The Congo has been forced into this state of devastation economically, politically, and socially because of the laws and policies that Leopold set forth. No succeeding Congolese governments even attempted to pull the Congolese from the state which it had fallen. Because of Leopold and the succeeding governments in the Congo, the Congo is now in a state of anguish.
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