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Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

Behind the Bastards

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Stanley Kills Thousands of People While He's Exploring

Some of these guys are legitimately just in it for the sake of exploration. And some, like stanley, just want to make a shipload of money. Stanley is one of the kills thousands of people while he's exploring. King leo pold also hires a bunch of other expeditions to explore other parts of africa. These were deliberately showy expeditions meant to distract public attention. One of them involved a team of four indian elephants being sent to africa to see if they could breed with african elephants. All the elephants died horribly, but the news covered the story the whole time. So he clearly understands the metia well enough that he's not just

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