Fill in the Blanks LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUMOnline version A brief description of the brutal colonisation of Leopold II in the Congo. by Alfonso Poza 1 smallpox philanthropic infrastructure slave mutilated Congolese Despite disease rubber million Leopold pledged to suppress the east African trade ; promote humanitarian policies ; guarantee free trade within the colony ; impose no import duties for twenty years ; and encourage and scientific enterprises . publicizing his humanitarian work , nearly all projects ( such as railroads , roads and ports ) were aimed at making easier to increase the assets Leopold and his associates could extract from the colony . From 1885 ? 1908 , millions of died as a consequence of exploitation and . Natives were forced to produce ivory and . Leopold's army ( Force Publique ) or killed any Congolese who didn't produce enough of these profitable resources . Due to this brutality and diseases such as , the native population declined by approximately eight to ten people .
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