{"id":7630,"date":"2020-06-13T22:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/belgian-prince-defends-slave-trader-king-leopold-ii-he-built-parks\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T22:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T19:19:00","slug":"belgian-prince-defends-slave-trader-king-leopold-ii-he-built-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/belgian-prince-defends-slave-trader-king-leopold-ii-he-built-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Belgian Prince defends slave trader King Leopold II: \u2018He built parks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Belgian Prince defends slave trader King Leopold II: \u2018He built parks\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 13, 2020 |<\/span> 3:19pm <\/p>\n

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\n In a jaw-dropping interview, Belgian Prince Laurent, the brother of King Philippe, attempted to defend his colonialist grandfather King Leopold II \u2014 who turned the Congo into a slave state \u2014 after statues of the man were torn down and defaced this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe never himself went to Congo \u2014 so I do not see how he could have made people there suffer,\u201d Laurent told the Sudpresse agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should see what Leopold II has done for Belgium,\u201d the tone-deaf prince added, according to\u00a0The Telegraph. \u201cHe had parks built in Brussels and many other things.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Leopold\u2019s 23-year rule of the Congo, which mercifully ended in 1908, millions of Congolese died during forced labor after they were sent to rubber plantations to work for the benefit of Belgium coffers.<\/p>\n

King Leopold, considered a ruthless robber baron by historians, was eventually forced out of the Congo due to his atrocities.<\/p>\n

Joseph Conrad wrote his 1902 horror novel, \u201cThe Heart of Darkness\u201d based on the Congo during Leopold\u2019s rule \u2014 and brought to light the atrocities committed. Six years after the publication of Conrad\u2019s book and an international outcry over abuses, King Leopold was forced out of the Congo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere must be an acknowledgment that this was a problem in certain aspects,\u201d Joachim Coens, chairman of the Flemish Christian Democrats, told the broadcaster VRT. Coens suggested the King himself should comment on his grandfather\u2019s misdeeds.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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