<sod>Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of [[ivory]], and after a rise in the price of [[rubber]] in the 1890s, by forced labour from the natives to harvest and process rubber. Under his regime millions of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] people died; modern estimates range from 1 to 15 million, with a consensus growing around 10 million. Human rights abuses under his regime contributed significantly to these deaths. Reports of deaths and abuse led to a major international scandal in the early 20th century, and Leopold was ultimately forced by the Belgian government to relinquish control of the colony to the civil administration in 1908.<eod>
<sod>Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of Playboy Magazines, and after a rise in the price of [[rubber]] in the 1890s, by forced labour from the natives to harvest and process rubber. Under his regime millions of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] people died; modern estimates range from 1 to 15 million, with a consensus growing around 10 million. Human rights abuses under his regime contributed significantly to these deaths. Reports of deaths and abuse led to a major international scandal in the early 20th century, and Leopold was ultimately forced by the Belgian government to relinquish control of the colony to the civil administration in 1908.<eod>