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WHAT DOES CONGO FREE STATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Congo Free State

Congo Free State

The Congo Free State 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGO FREE STATE

Congo
congo eel
Congo red
congo snake
Congo-Brazzaville
Congo-Kinshasa
Congolese

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGO FREE STATE

Buckeye State
Department of State
Empire State
estate
Free State
Garden State
Golden State
home State
Irish Free State
Keystone State
Mountain State
North-Central State
Ocean State
Palmetto State
Peach State
Prairie State
reasons of State
Silver State
Slave State
Sunshine State
Under-Secretary of State

Synonyms and antonyms of Congo Free State in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Congo Free State» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONGO FREE STATE

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Translator English - Chinese

刚果自由邦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Estado Libre del Congo
570 millions of speakers

English

Congo Free State
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांगो फ्री स्टेट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكونغو الدولة الحرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Свободное государство Конго
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Estado Livre do Congo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঙ্গো ফ্রি স্টেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

État libre du Congo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Congo Free State
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kongo-Freistaat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンゴ自由国
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콩고 자유국
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negara Free Congo
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Congo Free State
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காங்கோ சுதந்திர அரசு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काँगो मुक्त राज्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kongo Serbest Devlet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Stato Libero del Congo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wolne Państwo Kongo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Вільна держава Конго
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Congo Free State
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Κονγκό Free State
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Kongo Vrystaat
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Kongofrist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fristaten Kongo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Congo Free State

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGO FREE STATE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGO FREE STATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Congo Free State

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGO FREE STATE»

Discover the use of Congo Free State in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Congo Free State and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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European Atrocity, African Catastrophe: Leopold II, the ...
This book describes the creation, the development and the collapse both of this regime and of the Belgian colony that replaced it.
Martin Ewans, 2002
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism ...
Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent.
Adam Hochschild, 1999
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The story of the Congo Free State: social, political, and ...
Congo Free State — Continued value generally recognised, 447 ; replies to Lord Lansdowne's dispatch of August 8, 1903, 458; reception of reply by British press, 460; instructions respecting officials and natives, 569; text of reply to British ...
Henry Wellington Wack, 1905
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The Truth on the Congo Free State
Mr. Savage Landor has occasion to state that the natives, far from dreading the Congo regime, choose it freely, and prefer it to others. (P. 64.) (< The Mbomu river, he says, formed the boundary between the Congo Free State and the French ...
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From the Congo Free State to Zaire: How Belgium Privatized ...
Tapping many and varied sources, this book challenges dominant historiographical assumptions and practice while analysing the past and present impact of Belgian joint stock companies on the Zairean economy.
Jacques Delpechin, 1992
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Imperial Medicine and Indigenous Societies
Following the British discovery in 1901 of a major sleeping sickness epidemic in Uganda, King Leopold of Belgium invited the recently established Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to examine his Congo Free State. Alarmed at the high ...
David Arnold, 1988
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Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and ...
This territory will eventually form the so-called Congo Free State,literally owned and controlled personally by Leopold II. 1885 Leopold II establishes the Force Publique (FP),a corps of Congolese troops led by European officers and given the ...
Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg, 2003
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Bradt Congo: Democratic Republic - Republic
everything that had been said by Casement and Morel, Williams and Sheppard, and countless others who had travelled to the Congo Free State over the previous 15 years. As this report became public and the Belgians' opinion of their king ...
Sean Rorison, 2008
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Congo/2 Bradt
The resulting 150-page report confirmed everything that had been said by Casement and Morel, Williams and Sheppard, and countless others who had travelled to the Congo Free State over the previous 15 years. As this report became public ...
Sean Rorison, 2012
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The History of Congo
Table 4.1: Congo Free State Ivory Exports, 1888-1892 Year Value (1000 Belgian francs) % exports Weight (kilos) 1888 1,096 42 5,824 1889 2,270 52 45,252 1890 4,669 56 76,448 1891 2,835 53 59,686 1892 3,730 67 118,739 SOURCE: ...
Ch. Didier Gondola, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGO FREE STATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Congo Free State is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's missing from celebrity activism in Africa? The people
... of the Congo Free State. They did so with the help of notable friends: Arthur Conan Doyle, William Cadbury and Joseph Conrad. In the 1930s ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
2
Belgium's Loss, Richmond's Gain: Virginia Union's Friendship Building
... its indigenous people, Belgium's King Leopold II privately took over a swath of central Africa in 1885, which he named the Congo Free State. «RVANews, Jul 15»
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TODAY'S EDITORIAL COMMENT: DRC, 55yrs of exploitation, abuse …
... get the territory which Stanley had “contracted” to be recognised in the minutes as the Congo Free State, the personal property of Leopold II. «postzambia.com, Jun 15»
4
Japan's colonial rule of Korea was 'moderate'
Among them, Belgium's forced labor in the Congo Free State (1885-1908), which Joseph Conrad memorably depicted in “Heart of Darkness” ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
5
Britain Protests Congo Atrocities
On 29th June, 1903, the British government lodged a protest against abuses taking place in the Congo Free State run by the Belgian King ... «New Historian, Jun 15»
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Ethical trade is not new to co-operatives … it's been a century-long …
The so-called 'Congo Free State' enslaved millions and mutilated its inhabitants. Communities were ordered to bring ivory, rubber, and palm oil ... «Co-operative News, Jun 15»
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The diminutive African tribesman who was treated like a zoo animal
At 4 feet 11 inches and approximately 103 pounds, Benga was a native of what was then known as the Congo Free State. For the next three ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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The man who was caged in a zoo
Verner added that he was a personal friend of the Belgian king, Leopold II, who controlled Congo Free State, and had promised any assistance ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Tracking nonprofit news worldwide
He supervised the shipments sailing back and forth between Belgium and the Congo Free State, then a huge colony ruled by Belgium's King ... «Investigate reporting workshop, May 15»
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Venice Biennale Power Brokers: Katerina Gregos, Curator of the …
... just before King Leopold ii turned over the Congo Free State to Belgium — artworks tap into largely unknown “micro-histories” of art, music, ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Apr 15»

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