Congo Free State
Britishnoun
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The Congo Free State was considered his personal possession and thus immune from intervention by the Belgian government.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Between 1885 and 1908, the monarch of one of Europe's smallest countries made the DRC, then known as the Congo Free State, his own private colony.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2020
A few years before, in 1885, the kingdom had been bought by a group of European investors, headed by the Belgian King Leopold II and organized as the Congo Free State.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2015
Verner added that he was a personal friend of the Belgian king, Leopold II, who controlled Congo Free State, and had promised any assistance required in the “diplomatic mission”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2015
He had opened up the Dark Continent, and founded the Congo Free State on a secure basis.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
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