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Over 64,000 people signed an
petition against the
of Leopold on Tuesday. They want more
to know about what he did in the Congo. Historians say he was
for the deaths of more than 10 million Congolese people during his 23-year reign. A
said these deaths led to the first use of the
, "crime against humanity". The petition said: "In the
of 23 years, this man killed more than 10 million Congolese without ever having set foot in the Congo." He made a
personal fortune from the rubber
he owned. Another
was signed by 8,000 people. They believe he was not a "slave king" and that the people who ran the Congo led to the
of deaths.
