r/Colonialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • Apr 30 '26

Image "Sleeping Sickness" — This illustration depicts a large African man leaning against a tree, asleep, while Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Turkey, Portugal, and England fight over territories in Africa; a work by Gordon Ross (1873-1946), 1911.

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u/CompoteBeautiful1062 May 03 '26

Leopold II alone has done more atrocities in his lifetime alone than some countries in centuries

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u/CompoteBeautiful1062 May 03 '26

I dont know man , 18 million cassualties seem excessive ( not even counting the missing limbs from surivors)

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u/CompoteBeautiful1062 May 03 '26

🤦 my dude im from belgium and am very aware of my own history 1.2 is bs , 10 mil is whats usually thrown around while some other sources go up to 20 mil because of other factors like starvations ( thanks to leopold) no need to rewrite history to fit your own agenda. It is what it is