Key concepts nov 15 Flashcards
Who was King Leopold?
The leader of Belgium
What did King Leopold do?
He tried to buy the phillipines from spain but couldn’t so he started to talk about looking for “unclaimed land”
Who worked with King LeoPold?
Stanley worked for him as his “man on the ground” essentially explored for him
Where did Stanley go and why?
He went to africa because he has already been there.
What was king leopold looking for?
Ivory and Rubber
How did they take control of Congo?
Bought land with goods and got them to sign legal documents.
What made it easier to transport goods (rifles) to congo:?
Steamboats
Did the locals like stanley?
No, they called him a tyrant because he used whips and used words like volunteer instead of slave
How did they obtain rubber from congo?
They went into the forest and got native people from congo to harvest it for them by taking hostages
What did he do with the rubber?
Built monuments and railroads.
What was ED Morell role?
He exposed King by finding guns and ammo going to congo and the enormous amounts of rubber not reports as well as proof of slavery.
What were the 4 types of murder that was used by king leopold in congo?
Murder, Starvation, Rubber slavery, disease ex small pox
What did leopold do to try and stop the exposure?
Set of a commity of colleagues to investigate him, and burned documents.
Who took over after Leopold?
LaMomba
Who killed LaMomba and why
We don’t know, but he was a threat to the US and was murdered
