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The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate countries were in a personal union. The Congo Free State was not a part of, nor did it belong to Belgium. Leopold was able to seize the region by convincing other European states at the Berlin Conference on Africa…

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Francis Dhanis was a Belgian national hero of the Congo Free State. He was the son of a Belgian father and an Irish mother, being born in Lo... Congo Free State, Adventurer's Guild, Colonial India, Belgian Congo, Vintage Safari, National Heroes, Free State, Taking Over The World, African Diaspora

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Francis Dhanis was a Belgian national hero of the Congo Free State. He was the son of a Belgian father and an Irish mother, being born in London in 1861, and when he had grown up he studied at the École Militaire to enter the Belgian military service. Upon graduation he joined one of the great heavy infantry regiments, the grenadiers, and did good service to achieve the rank of major. But before that, when he was still a lieutenant, he volunteered to accept great danger and enter the service…

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Congolese were often punished by the private army of King Leopold II by chopping off their hands

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A line of prisoners, said to be cannibals, inside the Congo Free State Prison, Basoko, joined together by large neck chains

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What Really Happened in the Congo: Belgium’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ Leopold famously said when he was forced to hand over the Congo Free State to the Belgian nation: “I will give them my Congo but they have no right to know what I have done there,” and proceeded to burn archives. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgium-confronts-its-heart-of-darkness-6151923.html Congo Free State, Heart Of Darkness, Free State, Dark Heart, S Heart, What Really Happened, I Have Done, Uk News, The More You Know

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What Really Happened in the Congo: Belgium’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ Leopold famously said when he was forced to hand over the Congo Free State to the Belgian nation: “I will give them my Congo but they have no right to know what I have done there,” and proceeded to burn archives. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgium-confronts-its-heart-of-darkness-6151923.html

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