01321nam a2200229Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500530005810000150011126000390012630000230016530000110018849000210019950000130022002000180023360001060025105000280035754600120038552006590039733600090105633700150106533800110108020260803094122.0251212s2008    xx            000 0 und d1 aLeopold II: bbutcher of the Congo /cTod Olson.  aOlson, Tod  aNew York :bFranklin Watts,c2008.  a128 p. : col. ill:  c18 cm.  aA Wicked history  aLex: 750  a0-531-18552-40 aLeopold II, King of Belgians,d1835-1909; Congo--History to 1908; Belgium-Kings and rulersvBiography  a967.51022092 O52l c2008  aEnglish  a"Leopold II was king of the Belgians. But that wasn`t enough for his outsized ego. He wanted a colony - and he found it in Africa, along the congo River. Leopold said he had the best intentions in the Congo. He wanted to end slavery, open the land to trade, and set up schools. For nearly two decades, the king`s lies fooled the world. It would take a heroic effort to uncover the evil secrets of Leopold`s Congo. By then millions of lives had been ruined". Tells the story of Leopold II, King of the Belgians, who claimed he was helping the people in a colony of Africa along the Congo River, but was really found to be promoting slavery and other ills.  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume