Tyrants - Belgian King Leopold II (1835-1909)


Seorang lagi tokoh dalam senarai Tyrants adalah King Leopold II, Raja Belgium. Kisah yang diceritakan sangat hiba kerana melibatkan kekejaman ke atas hamba adi di negara Congo. Kejadian tersebut berlaku pada sekitar hujung kurun ke-19. Kalau nak dikira agak terkini juga. Sekitar seratus tiga puloh tahun lalu. Ketika itu British menguasai Malaya selepas mereka memeterai Perjanjian Pangkor 1874.

Satu peristiwa yang diceritakan adalah kekejaman mereka membunuh seorang warga Irish. Warga Irish tersebut, Charles Stokes, berkahwin dengan wanita Congo. Mereka pulang ke Congo untuk mengusaha perdagangan ivory. Leopold II pada period tersebut menguasai segala perdagangan di Congo termasuk perniagaan hamba. Oleh kerana marah kepada warga Irish yang campur tangan dalam perniagaan ivory maka dia telah dibunuh kejam.

Baca 'The Stokes affair and the origins of the anti-Congo campaign, 1895-1896'. persee france - link.

King Leopold II's Exploitation of the Congo From 1885 to 1908 and Its Consequences. thesis uni of central florida - link.

wiki leopold ii of belgium - link.

wiki belgian congo - link.


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