Colonial economy in Congo free state

(A Case  Study  Of Ruthless   exploitation  of Labour  and land  in Colonial Africa).
The area referred  to as the Congo is that geographical  region  drained  by the Congo River. This area was at early stages an area of informal  activities  manned by the Portuguese  in the period  when it was a world power in navigation.  They were carrying  out some trade  in the area but without  its full-scale political control.      '
In around  the  1876, the area witnessed  the activities  of Leopold  II who  came up with his philanthropic   (humanitarian)   association  called  International  African  Association.   (l.A.A) that he formed  in Brussels  (Belgium)  after  convening  a meeting  of major     world  powers represented   by their  explorers,  geographers,   merchants  and  other  humanitarian   agencies whom  he convinced  that the aim of this association  was purely "humanitarian"   intentioned to stop slave trade  and other barbaric  practices  in the Congo Free State then "develop"  the area.
In 1879-1880,  Leopold  II got  Stanley  the famous  explorer  and an imperialist  who agreed to work as his agent  in securing  treaties  all over Congo  that he was  to use later  in justifying his hold over the Congo Free State, for example,  with the Viri chiefs south of river Congo.
With  constant  use of tricks,  diplomacy  and  tactics,  he managed  to out-do  other  European powers   that  were   interested   in  controlling    Congo   i.e.  Portugal,   Britain.   France   and Germany  in that by 1885; Belgium had become  the supreme  controller  of Congo.
In  1884-85 Berlin  Conference  Leopold  II satisfied  the members  that Belgium  should  full) take over Congo   Free  State  as he fulfilled all the required condition to take control  of a given  territory   in colonial   Africa.   It was  after  these  successful   maneuvers    that  he  set himself   to exploit  the  area  in a close-monopoly    although   there  were  some  manifested
resistance  cases in the course of his exploitation.
The colonial  economy  was characterised  by exploitation,  oppression,  and later followed  by resistance   although  there  were  some  infrastructual    developments   that  were  designed  to facilitate    the   exploitation     of  Congo   resources    where   the  natives    came   to  benefit accidentally.
1.     .Exploftatien:
This was of different  forms ranging from land alienation,  forced labour and taxation. (a)     Land:                          
Through  land policy  that he declared,  Leopold  was  able to exploit  land maximumly.   He attracted  different. European   fir