COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Leopold II
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Henry Stanley
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Dr. Livingstone
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Cecil Rhodes
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Leopold II and the Congo Free State The Berlin Conference of 1884 through 1885 formalized many of the major powers’ claims in Africa and granted the coveted Congo River basin to King Leopold II of Belgium.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885-1908.
Detailed explanation-3: -Leopold devised a system of terror in which entire Congolese villages were forced to harvest rubber or face death by their Belgian overseers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Leopold II ruled the Congo as his personal dominion from 1885 to 1908.