Leopold II, Belgian king, crushes the Congo
King Leopold II, King of the Belgians, crushes the Belgian Congo, in the rubber coils a reference to Leopold's exploitation of the Congo Free State, extorting forced labour from the native people to harvest rubber for trade
Picture No
12005619
Media ID
48573974
Size
4059px x 5549px
(10.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Linley Sambourne in Punch' 28 November 1906, page 389
Date
1906
