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The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo ( French: État indépendant du Congo ), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate countries were in a ...
Description. Flag of Congo Free State.svg. Français : Drapeau de l' Association internationale africaine, de l' État indépendant du Congo (1877-1908) et du Congo belge (1908-1960) Deutsch: Flagge von Kongo Freistaat (1877-1908) und Belgisch-Kongo (1908-1960) Kongo: Dalapo ya Kongo-Belezi (1908-1960) Lingála : Bɛndɛ́lɛ na ntángo ya ...
A Map of the route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887–1889, Published in 1890. In many areas the courses of rivers are dashed or omitted, reflecting the limited European knowledge of the region at the time. The Districts of the Congo Free State were the primary administrative divisions of the Congo Free State from 1885 to
An international campaign against the Congo Free State began in 1890 and reached its apogee after 1900 under the leadership of the British activist E. D. Morel. On 15 November 1908, [1] under international pressure, the Government of Belgium annexed the Congo Free State to form the Belgian Congo. It ended many of the systems responsible for the ...
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