The most striking similarity between these two explorers was their ruthless nature towards the natives they encountered on their various journeys. Both men wanted to extract as many resources as possible from the conquered peoples.
Rubber is coagulated sap; the French word for it, Cãoutchouc, comes from a South American Indian word meaning "the wood that weeps." The wood that weeps in the Congo was a long spongy vine of the Landolphia genus.
Vote, protest, not support the “stuff”
Most of the laws or rules they came up with were based off of what they interpreted from the bible. and were "god given rights" that they were allowed to have or do. even if they weren't necessarily right.
