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Congo Free State: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As État Indépendant du Congo • Independent State of the Congo
Date 1885 - 1908

Photos

Antique map from 1902 showing central Africa with colonial territories labeled as Kamerun, French Kongo, Kongo Free State, Portuguese West Africa, British East Africa, German East Africa, East Africa, and Rhodesia. The map details rivers, cities, and borders of the era, with an inset map of Madagascar in the lower right corner.
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Major Events

Scramble for Africa: Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference

Related Places

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
capital at Kinshasa

Key People

Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, detail of a portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer; in the City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Henry Morton Stanley
British American explorer
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Tippu Tib
Arab trader
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Sir Roger Casement
British politician
Mehmed Emin Pasha (left) and Sir Henry Morton Stanley meeting near Lake Albert in east-central Africa, April 29, 1888.
Mehmed Emin Pasha
German explorer
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George Washington Williams
American historian
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Simon Kimbangu
African religious leader