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Congo Free State

noun

  1. See Congo
    a former name (1885–1908) of (Democratic Republic of) Congo


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This fact is explained by the circumstances under which the Congo Free State attained its neutralisation.

While doing so however, we must bear in mind the main outlines of the history of the Congo Free State.

The Congo Free State, the only absolute free-trade country in all the world, is being rapidly opened.

It was 1885 and the Congo Free State had just been launched.

A modern parallel is the Congo Free State as it was a year or two ago.

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