In the source “Victims of Belgian Congo Atrocities” by Roger Casement and David Engohahe, the malicious practices of King Leopold II of Belgium are exploited. During the era of industrialization, raw materials were needed in excess in order to keep up with the manufactures occurring in Europe (Lecture 2/22). With the industrialization, came new technologies; like the steam engine, factories, and auto-mobiles. These new inventions demanded a surplus of rubber, which was largely produced in the free state of Congo. Leopold had “state men” make sure that all the rubber that was prepared by the Basengele and Muboma groups was viable (SWS,214). If the rubber split when they stretched it, the state men killed or maliciously harmed nearly half or
