King Leopold II of Belgium Pt. 2 - Ivory, Rubber, Human Zoos and Little Chocolate Hands

This time, we finish up the incredible, horrible tale of the goings on in Leopold’s Congo from last time. We start off with someone calling him out for the terrible things going on, and it is completely ignored. Then other people come forward with news of people being mutilated, and it being completely ignored. Then, some Irish guy creates tires out of rubber, and things get even worse for the Congolese people. Finally, after years of mass killings and kidnappings, an unassuming worker for a shipping company notices some weird shipments coming and going and decides to do something about it. We finally have a hero in this story. We also had the World’s Fair in Belgium, and Leopold wanted to show off what he had in the Congo… Then, some dude years later made some candies. This part of the story is even worse than the first, but it kinda sorta ends well. As well as it can, I guess.