The Congo (Human Rights)

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Key Theme

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The dark side of greed.

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King Leopold II

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The King of Belgium who treated the Congo like his own personal business, not a colony.

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Economic Resource

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Rubber. The world needed it for tires and machines, and the Congo was full of rubber vines.

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Exploitation

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Using someone unfairly for your own gain. Leopold used forced labor and violence to get the rubber.

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Global Outrage

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One of the first times the world used 'Human Rights' as an argument against imperialism.