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“Congo Free State” as a book category covers works focused on the period from 1885 to 1908 when the Congo was the personal possession of Belgium’s King Leopold II. Titles in this category examine the creation and administration of the state, the rubber and ivory economies, systems of coercion and violence, indigenous societies’ experiences and resistance, and the international reform movement that led to Belgian annexation. It includes scholarly histories, biographies, memoirs and missionary reports, travelogues, primary documents, visual archives, and literary works set in or reflecting on the era. Many books also explore the enduring legacies for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and broader debates on colonialism, humanitarianism, and human rights.

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