Colinization+of+the+Congo

The Dominican Republic of the Congo was colonized, however, was distroyed by African civilization. 1879 - Leopold Hired Henry Morton Stanley to establish a colony in the Congo region. From August 1879 to June 1884 Stanley was in the Congo basin, where he built a road from the lower Congo up to Stanley Pool and launched steamers on the upper river.



A lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the Congo River.

While in the 1870's King Leopold colonized the Congo
 * Becoming the second king of Belgium
 * [[image:king_of_congo.jpg width="219" height="246" align="left"]] Ambitious man who wanted to personally enrich himself and enhance his country’s prestige by annexing and colonizing lands in Africa.
 * Ruler of Congo
 * In fact he retained the interesting position of being the king of two independent countries at the same time – Belgium and the Congo Free State.
 * Ruled the Congo as his own private property from 1885 - 1908, a brutal period during which anywhere from 10 million to 15 million slaughtered Congolese were casualties of his quest to enrich himself.
 * After finding out about the "Congo Free State"over many millions, possibly 10 million murdered or more from 1885 to 1908 when Belgium took it over as a colony.
 * In Congo's free state, colonists of the rubber company inturupted the population, to spread the development of tires and automobiles.

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