The Berlin Conference regulates European colonization and…

1885 CE

The Berlin Conference regulates European colonization and trade in Africa.

King Leopold II has been able to convince the powers at the conference that common trade in Africa is in the best interests of all countries.

The General Act of the conference divides Africa between the main powers of Europe.

On November 8, 1884, Germany had recognized the sovereignty of the International Association of the Congo over the Congo Basin, which has thereby fallen under the personal rule of the duplicitous and monumentally greedy Leopold II, King of the Belgians.

France is given six hundred and sixty-six thousand square kilometers (two hundred and fifty-seven thousand square miles) on the north bank (modern Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic), ...

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Brazzaville Brazzaville Congo View →

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Chester A. Arthur View → Henry Morton Stanley View → Leopold II of Belgium View → Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza View →

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Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Belgium, Kingdom of View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View → International Association of the Congo View →

Topics
Colonization of Africa, German View → Scramble for Africa View →

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Subjects
Commerce View → Exploration View → Government View →

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