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- Congo_Free_State abstract "The Congo Free State (French: État indépendant du Congo) was a large area in Central Africa that was privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Leopold was able to procure the region by convincing the European community that he was involved in humanitarian and philanthropic work; through the use of several smokescreen organizations he was able to lay claim to most of the Congo Basin. Leopold eventually allowed the concept of a philanthropic International Association of the Congo involved in the Congo to end. On May 29, 1885, the king named his new colony the Congo Free State. The state included the entire area of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo and existed from 1885 to 1908.Leopold's reign in the Congo eventually earned infamy due to the increasingly brutal mistreatment of the local peoples and plunder of natural resources. Leopold extracted ivory, rubber, and minerals in the upper Congo basin for sale on the world market, even though his nominal purpose in the region was to uplift the local people and develop the area. Under Leopold II's administration, the Congo Free State became one of the greatest international scandals of the early 20th century. The report of the British Consul Roger Casement led to the arrest and punishment of white officials who had been responsible for killings during a rubber-collecting expedition in 1903.The loss of life and atrocities inspired literature such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and raised an international outcry. Excess deaths in this period are believed to number up to 10 million. One view is that the forced labour system directly and indirectly eliminated 20% of the population. European and U.S. reformers exposed the conditions in the Congo Free State to the public through the Congo Reform Association. Also active in exposing the activities of the Congo Free State was the author Arthur Conan Doyle, whose book The Crime of the Congo was widely read in the early 1900s. By 1908, public pressure and diplomatic manoeuvres led to the end of Leopold II's rule and to the annexation of the Congo as a colony of Belgium, known as the Belgian Congo.".
- Congo_Free_State capital Boma,_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- Congo_Free_State currency Congolese_franc.
- Congo_Free_State dissolutionDate "1908-11-15".
- Congo_Free_State dissolutionYear "1908".
- Congo_Free_State foundingDate "1885-07-01".
- Congo_Free_State foundingYear "1885".
- Congo_Free_State motto "(Work and Progress)".
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- Congo_Free_State capital Boma,_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- Congo_Free_State commonLanguages Languages_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- Congo_Free_State commonLanguages "French ,".
- Congo_Free_State commonName "Congo".
- Congo_Free_State continent "Africa".
- Congo_Free_State conventionalLongName "Congo Free State".
- Congo_Free_State country "Democratic Republic of the Congo".
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- Congo_Free_State dateEnd "--11-15".
- Congo_Free_State dateStart "--07-01".
- Congo_Free_State era "New Imperialism".
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- Congo_Free_State eventStart Berlin_Conference.
- Congo_Free_State flag "Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo".
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- Congo_Free_State governmentType "Absolute monarchy".
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- Congo_Free_State latd "5".
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- Congo_Free_State leader "Leopold II of Belgium".
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- Congo_Free_State nationalAnthem "Vers l'avenir".
- Congo_Free_State nativeName "État indépendant du Congo".
- Congo_Free_State p "International Association of the Congo".
- Congo_Free_State region "Congo".
- Congo_Free_State representative "Francis Walter de Winton".
- Congo_Free_State representative "Théophile Wahis".
- Congo_Free_State s "Belgian Congo".
- Congo_Free_State status "Vassal".
- Congo_Free_State statusText "State in Personal union with the Kingdom of Belgium".
- Congo_Free_State symbol "Coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo".
- Congo_Free_State titleLeader "Sovereign".
- Congo_Free_State titleRepresentative List_of_colonial_governors_of_the_Congo_Free_State_and_Belgian_Congo.
- Congo_Free_State yearEnd "1908".
- Congo_Free_State yearLeader "1885".
- Congo_Free_State yearRepresentative "1885".
- Congo_Free_State yearRepresentative "1900".
- Congo_Free_State yearStart "1885".
- Congo_Free_State subject Category:Belgian_colonisation_in_Africa.
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- Congo_Free_State subject Category:States_and_territories_established_in_1885.
- Congo_Free_State subject Category:World_Digital_Library_related.
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