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European Imperialism at Its Worst This 1908 English cartoon, “Leopold, King of the Congo, in his national dress,” focuses on the barbaric practice of cutting off the hands and feet of Africans who refused to gather as much rubber as Leopold’s company demanded. In 1908 an international human rights campaign forced the Belgian king to cede his personal fief to the Belgian state.
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