Indigenous,+Imperial+Problems,+and+Complications

media type="custom" key="4859495"  TThe indigenous people of Congo suffered from a loss of people for the most part. King Leopold sold many of the Congolese people out on the slave trade. The religion of the Congolese people wasn't changed very much. King Leopold only let in a few protestant missionaries. The Congolese had things a bit better after King Leopold but it still wasn't much better once it was just over Belgian rule. The Belgians lost things like land and natural resources that they got from Congo, but it didn't really phase them.

When King Leopald took over Congo, the indigenous people were not happy at all. He took all their natural resources and assualted the locals. They were killed or beaten by the Belgians after they worked to get them the natural resources. They were given restrictions like curfews and when they could leave thier houses. The Conglese revolved by hiding in the forsest and attacking and Belgians that went by. The people complained, some bold but others were more quite to avoid confertation. The Congolese tried to seem more powerful then the Belgians. Treaties were formed between the two. The Congo economy was dying because King Leopald would sell the natural resources. The natives had no way to make money. Families were torn apart beacuse the people were being sold away. The Belgians did help them out by building railroads and roads. New medicene was introduced so people lives were saved.