White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

That King Leopold II of Belgium used (abused) the Congo, then his property, not a Belgian colony until 1908 (!), as a private source of income, is true. That thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Congolese died of famine, diseases and the maiming and killings by (mostly) British mercenaries under the wing of Arab ex-slave traders is a fact. But there was no genocide. Why would one kill its working force and with which military force in the rain forest? Late 19th century? Check Hearts of Darkness (the book) or easier: Apocalypse Now (the movie). The number of ten million Congolese deaths in 27 years is absurd. The whole population was estimated at less than 15 million in 1885. Estimated.... This third rate unknown amateur historian and documentary filmmaker Peter Bate worked on 3rd generation hearsay and newspaper articles solely written in English, published in the late 19th and early 20th century.... Sigh. Produced by a Belgium second rate producer. And what a terrible poster!