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"The Belgian exploitation of the Congo was the single most murderous episode in the European seizure of Africa" (Hochschild, A, 1999). While the recollections of colonial history are scarred with tales of greed, subordination and exploitation, the New Imperialist age; the years between 1875 and 1914, are characterized by an almost-unfathomable mentality of profit through the exploitation of local peoples. The study of this New Imperialist mindset reveals tales of untold cruelty and oppression on a massive scale. The most notable imperial atrocity is that of the Belgian-controlled Congo Basin, a traditional society that was transformed into an arena for slavery and abuse through the hands of greedy and ruthless Belgian imperialists. The determining factor for Belgian imperialism in the Congo between 1878 and 1905 was greed, rather than goodwill or humanitarian concern. As colonialists raped and pillaged the African countryside, European diplomatic powers fought amongst one another to...

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