23:4223:42, 28 June 2020diffhist+99
Atrocities in the Congo Free State
Added extra info regarding disease. The line "despite these atrocities, the main cause of the population decline was disease" doesn't make it clear that the state's interference in the native's food policy was a major factor, as the article itself states later on. These policies caused food shortages which in turn caused malnutrition and squalor, leading to high mortality rates caused by disease.
23:4223:42, 28 June 2020diffhist+99
Atrocities in the Congo Free State
Added extra info regarding disease. The line "despite these atrocities, the main cause of the population decline was disease" doesn't make it clear that the state's interference in the native's food policy was a major factor, as the article itself states later on. These policies caused food shortages which in turn caused malnutrition and squalor, leading to high mortality rates caused by disease.