According to this passage, how did king leopold justify his treatment of the congolese people? “talk of the lazy native accompanied the entire european land grab in africa, just as it had been used to justify the conquest of the americas. to an american reporter leopold once declared, ‘in dealing with a race composed of cannibals for thousands of years it is necessary to use methods which will best shake their idleness and make them realize the sanctity of work’.”
a. the congolese were not treated harshly, compared to the american indians.
b. the congolese people understood the sanctity of work and needed to be punished.
c. the congolese had too many resources and had become lazy because of their wealth.
d. the congolese were an inferior people who needed harsh treatment for them to learn how to work.

According to this passage, King Leopold justified his treatment by implying that the Congolese were an inferior people who needed harsh treatment for them to learn how to work.

From the statement of the King, the Congolese were cannibals. By calling them this he has implied that the race were not good enough humans

Also he said that the best way to get them to work was by using methods that would shake off idleness. This implies that he wanted to use harsh methods on the people.

In conclusion the answer to this question is option D.

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It is: "The Congolese were an inferior race who needed harsh treatment to learn how to work."

the indians would be mad that they would have to move since it caused many deaths known as the trail of tears they would of taken it to the supreme court but discrimination would have mad them lose

it proved indian land claims were unjustified.