Site Navigation
Categories:
Former countries in Africa
Former monarchies of Africa
1885 establishments
1908 disestablishments
Colonialism
Genocide
History of Belgium
History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belgian colonisation in Africa
All articles with unsourced statements
Articles with unsourced statements since October 2007
Articles with unsourced statements since December 2007

Summary Of: Congo Free State

the Congo Free State eventually earned infamy due to the brutal mistreatment of native peoples and plunder of natural... the Congo Free State became the site of one of the most infamous international scandals of the turn of... press agencies exposed the conditions in the Congo Free State to the public in 1900... the Belgians and de facto owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908... the Belgians and de facto owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908... owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908... The Congo Free State was established as a neutral independent sovereignty... The Parliament of Belgium annexed the Congo Free State and took over its administration on...

Encyclodia Page On: Congo Free State

These Are Links To Other Documents
← | | | → | Flag | Coat of arms | Flag | Coat of arms | Motto | French | Location of Congo | Capital | Boma | Government | Monarchy | Leopold II of Belgium | New Imperialism | Established | May 2 | Annexation by Belgium | November 15 | corporate state | Leopold II, King of the Belgians | Association Internationale Africaine | Democratic Republic of the Congo | rainforest | swamps | malaria | sleeping sickness | Imperialists | Belgium | rubber | copper | Lualaba River | Roger Casement | Belgian | Congolese | tropical diseases | colony | Belgium | Belgian Congo | History of DR Congo | Flag of Congo Kinshasa (1963–1966) | Flag of Zaire (1971–1997) | Flag of Congo Kinshasa (1997–2006) | Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2006) | Early history | Colonization | Belgian Congo | Congo Crisis | Zaire | Shaba I | Shaba II | First Congo War | Second Congo War | 2000s | v | d | Leopold II, King of the Belgians and de facto owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908 | | Leopold II | Leopold II, King of the Belgians | International African Association | European | Henry Morton Stanley | Congo | military posts | Christian de Bonchamps | Katanga | Comité d'Études du Haut Congo | International Association of the Congo | United States government | Austria-Hungary | France | Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Russia | Spain | Sweden | international conference on African affairs | Berlin | Republic of the Congo | Stanley Pool | Association Internationale Africaine | Zanzibar | Livingstone | Portugal | Diogo Cão | Bismarck | Germany | South-West Africa | Britain | most favored nation | Chester A. Arthur | Henry Morton Stanley | Otto von Bismarck | Berlin Conference | February 5 | 1885 | Congo-Brazzaville | Central African Republic | Angola | Principle of Effectivity | In one of three problems for Leopold, Cecil Rhodes attempted to expand British territory northward into the Congo basin. | | Cecil Rhodes | Congo basin | Congo basin | Cecil Rhodes | Cape Colony | South Africa | British South Africa Company | Katanga | Berlin Treaty | Harry Johnston | British Commissioner for Central Africa | London's | Zanzibar | Tippu Tip | Uganda | ivory | rubber | Stairs Expedition | Yeke Kingdom | Katanga | Lualaba River | copper | Msiri | Alfred Sharpe | Stairs Expedition | Stairs | Omer Bodson | Tippu Tip | muskets | machine guns | Clearing tropical forests ate away at profit margins. However, ample plots of cleared land were already available. Above, a Congolese farming village (Baringa, Equateur) is emptied and levelled to make way for a rubber plantation. | | Brazil | Force Publique | chicotte | hippopotamus | Native labourers who failed to meet rubber collection quotas were often punished by having their hands cut off. | | Jan Vansina | Irish | Roger Casement | Sleeping sickness | Ghent University | citation needed | 1904 report | Adam Hochschild | Encyclopædia Britannica | citation needed | Africa | British Parliament | 24 May | 2006 | genocide | Like Joseph Conrad in his Heart of Darkness, Mark Twain (above) saw a colonial regime of plunder, slave labor, rape, and mutilation. Twain's King Leopold's Soliloquy was a biting, sarcastic satire. | | Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness | Mark Twain | King Leopold's Soliloquy | rubber | telegraph | telephone | South-east Asia | Latin America | plantations | Missionaries | Catholics | William Henry Sheppard | Protestants | E. D. Morel | Liverpool | Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness | House of Commons | Roger Casement | Congo Reform Association | Emile Vandervelde | November 15 | 1908 | Casement Report | Belgian Congo | Order of the Crown | 1897 | Lado Enclave | ISBN 0-7537-0090-5 | 2007 | 09-26 | Harper & Row | ISBN 0061224901 | Detroit, Michigan | Macmillan | ISBN 0-02865-849-3 | Parliamentary Information Management Services | Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2006 | 05-24 | 2007 | 09-26 | ISBN 0-701-17981-3 | ISBN 0-06-122490-1 | ISBN 0415949017 | Arabs | Hochschild, Adam | King Leopold's Ghost | ISBN 0-330-49233-0 | Johnston | George Grenfell | ISBN 0-349-10449-2 | ISBN 0-88258-013-2 | Stanley | Starr | Project Gutenberg | London School of Economics | New International Encyclopedia | public domain | v | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Politics | Constitution | Constitutional Court | Corruption | Court of Cassation | Elections | Flag | Foreign relations | Government | Human rights | Law enforcement | Military | National Assembly | Political parties | President | Prime Minister | Senate | History | Early history | Colonisation | Belgian Congo | Congo Crisis | Zaire | First Congo War | Second Congo War | 2000s | Geography | Administrative divisions | Cities | largest cities | Congo River | Ecoregions | Provinces | Territories | Volcanoes | Wildlife | Economy | Airports | Central Bank | Communications | Franc | Resource extraction | Transport | Culture | Cuisine | Demographics | Education | Films | Holidays | Languages | Music | Notable people | Religion | Women | Categories | Former countries in Africa | Former monarchies of Africa | 1885 establishments | 1908 disestablishments | Colonialism | Genocide | History of Belgium | History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian colonisation in Africa | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since October 2007 | Articles with unsourced statements since December 2007 |
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Congo Free State".