In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...
The Southern Presbyterian Board of Missions in this city received letters to-day from the Rev. L.C. Vass and the Rev. H.P. Hawkins, missionaries of the church stationed at Luebo, Congo Free State ...
In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst ...
It started with a most deceptive name, the Congo Free State, the name for what was a personal real estate fiefdom for Belgium’s king Leopold who retained mercenary explorers in the 19th Century ...
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Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. These companies ...
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