Congo Free State
Congo Free State État indépendant du Congo | |||||||||
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| 1885–1908 | |||||||||
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Motto: French: Travail et progrès (Wirk an Progress) | |||||||||
Anthem: Vers l'avenir | |||||||||
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| Status | State in Personal union wi the Kinrick o Belgium | ||||||||
| Caipital | Boma | ||||||||
| Common leids | French (de facto offeecial), mair nor 200 indigenous leids | ||||||||
| Govrenment | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Sovereign | |||||||||
• 1885-1908 | Leopold II o Belgium | ||||||||
| Govrenor-general | |||||||||
• 1885–1886 | Francis Walter de Winton (first) | ||||||||
• 1900-1908 | Théophile Wahis (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||
| Julie 1[1] 1885 | |||||||||
| November 15 1908 | |||||||||
| Currency | Congolese franc | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | CG | ||||||||
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The Congo Free State (French: État indépendant du Congo) wis a lairge aurie in Central Africae that wis privately controlled bi Leopold II, Keeng o the Belgians. Even thouch he niver visitit the Congo Free State (an also Africae), it wis his personal property an he rulit as a dictator. He amassit a huge fortune throuch massive sclave labour which causit the deaths o millions o Congolese.
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica