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Zappo Zaps: The Mercenaries Who Enforced King Leopold’s Deadly Rubber Quota in the Congo Free State - TalkAfricana

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From 1885 to 1908, DR Congo was transformed into a massive forced labor camp. This territory, then known as the Congo Free State, was unlike any other colony in Africa. It wasn’t controlled by a government or a European empire. Instead, it was the personal property of one man, King Leopold II of Belgium. And […] TalkAfricana
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talkafricana.com broke the news in on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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