According to this passage, how did leopold justify his treatment of the congolese people? the congolese were an inferior race who needed harsh treatment to learn how to work. the congolese had too many resources and had become lazy because of their wealth. the congolese were not treated harshly, compared to the american indians. the congolese people could never learn how to work, so they must be punished.

The justification of the way Congolese have been treated is given in option (a) or (i): "The Congolese were an inferior race who needed harsh treatment to learn how to work."

How did Leopold defend how he treated the Congolese?

The context of the passage is given below:

“Similar to how it had been employed to explain the conquest of the Americas, talk of the lazy native accompanied the entire European land grab in Africa. Leopold once told a reporter from the United States, "It is vital to adopt measures which will best shake their laziness and make them comprehend the sanctity of work in dealing with a race made of cannibals for thousands of years."

King Leopold II of Belgium was investigated for his exploitation of the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908 in King Leopold's Ghost: "A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998)."

Leopold took advantage of his personal power to deprive the county of significant wealth, primarily in the form of ivory and rubber.

Slave labor was utilized to support these labor-intensive industries, the natives were made to perform labor.

Through a variety of tactics, including;

Torture
Incarceration
Terror

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