The people of Congo are currently subjects of a greedy and vicious tyrant: King Leopold II. He has renamed our lands
the Congo Free State, but my people could never be called
free. The Belgians force our men to work themselves to
exhaustion and death harvesting rubber. Those who fail to
produce enough are mutilated and tortured. Fighting back
is not an option, as the Belgians have taken entire villages
of women and children as their hostages. I cannot even
imagine what might happen to them if we rose up against
the Belgians...
Which statement best summarizes the source's main idea?
O A. The people of Congo are treated terribly by the Belgian colonial
government
O B. King Leopold II has renamed Congo the Congo Free State to mock
its people.
C. The Congo Free State enriched Belgium by providing it with huge
supplies of rubber.
D. Belgian colonists treat Congolese women and children more
harshly than they treat men.