The horrific atrocities that took place in the Congo Free State are often compared to the Holocaust, with king Leopold II of Belgium being compared to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Between 1885 and 1908, Leopold II personally ruled the Congo, in sub Saharan Africa, which was largely unexplored at this time, as only the coastal areas had been claimed by other European countries. He named it the “Congo Free State,” which is rather ironic when you realise what went on there. The local population wa

The worst atrocities committed and the most terrible occurrences in the history of mankind was done to Africans - the transatlantic slave trade (over 15 million slaves from Africa - where over 2 million Africans lot died just in the crossing) and the atrocities committed by the colonizers in Africa (apart from the exploitations of Africa for many years, the colonizers also unalived over 40 million Africans over the periods of their colonization. Not adding those they’ve being doing even in recen