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Atrocities in the Congo Free State

From 1885 to 1908, many atrocities were committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies, enforced by colonial administrators, used to collect natural rubber for export. Combined with epidemic…

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Location
Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Attack type
Forced labour, mass killings, mutilations, village destruction, systematic rape
Date
1885–1908
Deaths
1.2 million – 10+ million (estimates vary)
Injured
Hundreds of thousands (including widespread hand amputations and whippings with the Chicotte)
Motive
Economic exploitation (rubber and ivory extraction)

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Historiography and the term "genocide"

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Attack type · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → Forced labour, mass killings, mutilations, village destruction, systematic rape
Date · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → 1885–1908
Deaths · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → 1.2 million – 10+ million (estimates vary)
Injured · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → Hundreds of thousands (including widespread hand amputations and whippings with the Chicotte)
Location · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Motive · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → Economic exploitation (rubber and ivory extraction)
Perpetrators · 1
Atrocities in the Congo Free State → Force Publique and concessionary companies under King Leopold II of Belgium

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state congo free rubber population leopold atrocities colonial genocide belgian labour force congolese belgium hands publique leopold's soldiers according one

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Atrocities in the Congo Free StateAttack typeForced labour, mass killings, mutilations, village destruction, systematic rape1.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateDate1885–19081.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateDeaths1.2 million – 10+ million (estimates vary)1.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateInjuredHundreds of thousands (including widespread hand amputations and whippings with the Chicotte)1.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateLocationCongo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)1.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateMotiveEconomic exploitation (rubber and ivory extraction)1.00infobox
Atrocities in the Congo Free StatePerpetratorsForce Publique and concessionary companies under King Leopold II of Belgium1.00infobox
famineinstance ofThe conflict was particularly brutal and caused a great number of casualties.FamineThe presence of rubber companies such as ABIR exacerbated the effect of natural disasters0.80text
diseaseinstance ofThe conflict was particularly brutal and caused a great number of casualties.FamineThe presence of rubber companies such as ABIR exacerbated the effect of natural disasters0.80text
famineinstance ofFamineThe presence of rubber companies such as ABIR exacerbated the effect of natural disasters0.80text
diseaseinstance ofFamineThe presence of rubber companies such as ABIR exacerbated the effect of natural disasters0.80text
Emile Vanderveldeinstance ofJoseph Conrad and Arthur Conan Doyle as well as Belgian socialists0.80text

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