Some of the most notorious abuses of native peoples were committed in the Congo by the ____,who reaped huge profits from rubber plantations.

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The Belgian King Leopold II established a personal colony in the Congo in the late 19th century and exploited the native peoples for labor to produce rubber. The abuses committed under his rule are considered some of the worst examples of European colonialism in Africa.

Some of the Most Notorious Abuses of Native Peoples Were