The Congo State: Or, The Growth Of Civilisation In Central Africa (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies) by Demetrius Charles Boulger (Author)

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The Congo State: Or, The Growth Of Civilisation In Central Africa (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies) by Demetrius Charles Boulger (Author)ISBN: 9781108050692 Cambridge, June 7, 2012 Paperback 418 pages Written by the historian and biographer Demetrius C. Boulger (1853 1928), this history of early Belgian rule in the Congo was first published in 1898. The book documents nineteenth century colonial activity after King Leopold II (1835 1909) assumed private control of the Congo Free State following the Berlin Conference in 1884. Exposed by the Casement Report of 1904, Leopold's

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