From the beginning of time genocide has taken place and likely is not to end anytime soon. The atrocity from King Leopold’s regime is one of the most unheard of cases of genocide but also one of the most gruesome. The killing and atrocities going on in Congo were full-blown genocide. The King was greedy, did not have any care or respect for his people, and also allowed and had the practice of slavery. …showed first 75 words of 1043 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1043 total…order to obtain this he enslaved his fellow people. He also killed millions of people with no conscious at all. In order to get people to do what he wanted he threatened them with cruel and unusual punishment. The best way to sum up the atrocities going on in Congo under the reign of King Leopold is a quote from Joseph Conrad “ The violence, scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience.”