King Leopold II & the Congo Free State (1885-1908)

Between 1885 and 1908, the Belgian King Leopold II personally ruled the Congo Free State, which was also known as the Independent State of the Congo.
Because he ruled the state personally, he had total control of its resources and had to answer to no one.

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Belgium and the Congo, 1885–1980
By Guy Vanthemsche

Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 1
edited by Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)