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Hace 1 día · Caucho, uranio y sangre: colonialismo e independencia en República Democrática del Congo. Congoleños sostienen unas manos apuntadas. La imagen fue sacada en 1904 por Alice Seeley Harris en Baringa, al norte de la actual República Democrática del Congo, cuando era una colonia personal del rey Leopoldo de Bélgica. “¡El horror! !¡. El ...
Hace 5 días · On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure the 'Scramble for Africa'.
Hace 4 días · Democratic Republic of the Congo - Conflict, Colonialism, Independence: The triggering events behind the “Congo crisis” were the mutiny of the army (the Force Publique) near Léopoldville on July 5 and the subsequent intervention of Belgian paratroopers, ostensibly to protect the lives of Belgian citizens.
Hace 4 días · La caza de esclavos se generalizó en Colombia, Perú y Bolivia, y culminó con el terrible genocidio del río Putumayo. Todavía más sanguinarios fueron los desmanes perpetrados por los soldados de Leopoldo II en el Congo belga a comienzos del siglo XX.
Hace 5 días · Appropriated as the Congo Free State in 1885, the colony was not a state-controlled territory, but rather King Leopold II’s private property. Leopold’s stated goal was to bring civilisation to the people of Congo, yet his rule became infamous for its brutality.
Hace 4 días · Belgian Congo (Congo Belge) was a colony in Africa that was ruled by Belgium from 1908 until June 30, 1960, when it became an independent republic; it is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read here to learn more about the Belgian Congo.
Hace 4 días · King Leopold II of the Belgians set in motion the conquest of the huge domain that was to become his personal fiefdom. The king’s attention was drawn to the region during British explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley ’s exploration of the Congo River in 1874–77.
