cries and screams attracted the alliga- tors. The hunters would firmly tie a rope around the waist or neck of the baby. When the alligator swal- lowed the baby, they would pull


watch?v=bkgcsfNKHVE&feature=related) THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA: The Industrial Revolution of the 1800a drastically increased the european thrist for mineral resources. It also caused the m to not need slaves for industrial jubs like picking cotton or working as black- smiths. Because Africa is the most miner- ally rich contenents on earth and technologi- cally and militarily underdeveloped, they were seen by the european industraial power as easy prey to be robbed and raped for their land and minerals wealth. BERLIN CONFERENCE When whites discovered natural re-


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sources in Africa (gold, silver, timber, iron ore, lumber, copper, diamonds, rubber and much more), the “scramble for Africa” that took place all throughout the 1880s, and the Berlin Conference was set up to regu- late European colonies in Africa. They all fought to get a piece to transport raw materials to their particu- lar european country. The con-


f e r e n c e lasted from 1884-85 and


allowed European nations to settle down and draw boundaries around their colonies. Between 1885 and 1914 Britain took near-


and kill it. (http:// www.youtube.com/


ly 30% of Africa’s population under their control, 15% for France, 9% for Germany, 7% for Belgium and only 1% for Italy. The borders and divisions we see in Africa to- day are all due to the Conference. CECIL RHODES (1853-1902) This British colonizer was the founder


of the world’s largest diamond company during his lifetime.He became a million- aire by exploiting resources from South Africa and endorsing British settlers and governors to run the colonies. Rhodes was the first to introduce taxes in Africa; when slavery was abolished, he created this new system to exploit Africans even more. Millons of South Africans died be- cause wars caused by Rhodes during the early 1900’s. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was named after him. (http://www.answers. com/topic/cecil-rhodes-1) KING LEOPOLD II (1835-1909) If you thought Hitler committed the


most horrible crime towards the Jews, think again. King Leopold II of Belgium slaughtered 10 million Congolese and mutilated millions in his conquest of Central Africa. He privately owned a corporate state he named the “Congo Free State” and turned it into a la- bor camp for rubber and ivory. Leopold used the natives as


slaves and terrorized them by chopping their hands off when they didn’t bring him enough rubber. His private army, the Force Publique, even made collec- tions of amputated limbs and used them as currency. He ruled the Congo for 77 years.


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con-


go_Free_State) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ africa/3516965.stm)


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