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-European rule of this state from 1865 to 1909 is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization,resulting as it did in millions of deaths;the ruler at the time was king of Belgium.

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The description matches the Congo Free State/Leopold II, where King Leopold II of Belgium ruled from 1865 to 1909, resulting in millions of deaths and is often cited as the worst example of European colonization in Africa.

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