King Leopold II of Belgium personally controlled which territory, notorious for the brutal exploitation of rubber workers?
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Correct answer: The Congo Free State
Leopold II ran the Congo Free State as a private venture rather than a national colony. His administration used forced labor and extreme violence to extract rubber, resulting in the deaths of millions of Congolese people.
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