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King Leopold's Ghost Early in the imperial colonial period slavery was the chief reason for exploiting central Africa. King Leopold of Belgium ruthlessly but brilliantly exploited much of central Africa in the 19th century without regard for human suffering. When slavery became politically obsolete, ivory and later natural rubber was exploited using slave labor, blackmail, kidnapping, you name it. King Leopold personally benefited from this exploitation of the peoples and th...	View these reviews in summary mode Adam Hochschild Message Board 4/11/2009 9:08:11 AM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Hochschild has written!