What led to conflict in the Congo Free State?

The British went to war with the Boers over copper mines in the interior of the Congo, leading to concentration camps.

Congolese citizens refused to give up their land rights, leading to the Zulu wars that forced the French to flee the continent.

Africans were forced into brutal labor by Belgian rulers to collect rubber, leading to millions of deaths.

Brazilian competition for Belgium tulips led to the subjugation of Congolese natives to corner the market.

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Zechariah Galloway

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12 October, 09:24

What led to conflict in the Congo Free State?

The British went to war with the Boers over copper mines in the interior of the Congo, leading to concentration camps.

Congolese citizens refused to give up their land rights, leading to the Zulu wars that forced the French to flee the continent.

Africans were forced into brutal labor by Belgian rulers to collect rubber, leading to millions of deaths.

Brazilian competition for Belgium tulips led to the subjugation of Congolese natives to corner the market.

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Ronin Sloan · Answer 1

Africans were forced into brutal labor by Belgian rulers to collect rubber, leading to millions of deaths

Belgian is possibly on of the most oppressive colonial regime. Its forced labor schemes can only be equated to slavery and its response to uprising genocidal. After the country was granted independence in the 1960's the country population was extremely uneducated to the effect that the country failed to take course.