Red Rubber: King Leopold II's Regime; the Belgian Slave Trade in the Congo over Twenty Years, 1890-1910 - Edmund Dene Morel
The terrifying reign of Leopold II, King of Belgium, was marked by atrocities in the Congo - murder, enslavement and violence was used in pursuit of raw rubber. Following advances in industry, rubber became a valuable commodity - at first, the Congolese thought this new trade would bring prosperity





