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The Portugese discovered trade routes, as well as human and natural resources. Mani Kongo asks the king of Portugal to stop enslaving his people because he was destroying their society.
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The Portugese discover the Congo River. This led to a lot of explanation.
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The Kongo Empire was thriving. They had established trading networks. They were doing well when it came to food and materials.
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There were so many people sold into slavery that the empire fell apart. Between 1500-1800
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Conrad was born of Polish aristrocatic parents. They were in the Russian occupied Ukraine.
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His father was arrested for patrioitic conspiracy in 1861. The following year they were exiled to Siberia.
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Conrad pointed his finger on a map of Africa and said, "When I grow up I shall go there." This was when he first felt he should go.
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After both of his parent's deaths, he is taken in by Tadeusz Bobrowski. This is his maternal grandfather.
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He leaves Poland so he doesn't alert the Russians. He becomes a "trainee seamen with the French Merchant Marine."
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Conrad was involved in a plot that involved smuggling arms to Spanish rebels. The arms were from Marseilles.
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Conrad attempts to kill himself. He shot himself in the chest but survived.
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He works on many different projects to increase his as well as his friend's wealth. 10-15 million Congolese die because of the king.
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France is given 670,000 square kilometers on the north bank of the Congo. Portugal is given 910,000 square kilometers to the south.
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After much practice sailing, he was given the opportunity to go to the Congo. He jumped at it immediately.
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Conrad committed to serve three years as an officer on river steamboats. He went by the name of "Harou."
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Conrad arrived in Matadi. He started his famous diary there. It is very brief though.
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Because of the rising price of rubber, chiefs are forced to supply men to collect a "rubber-tax." Their wives and children were held hostage until the men met their quota.
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Conrad becomes sick from being in the Congo. He spens the rest of his life battling illness.
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The French take control of the Congo. It began in 1897.
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Conrad dies due to a heart attack. He had just barely declined an offer for knighthood.
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The Congo elects its first leader Patrice Emery Lumumba. He was assassinated January 17, 1961.
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He gains control after the US and Belgium staged a coup. He had 4 billion dollars hidden in Swiss bank accounts that could have ended the nations debt.
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Rwanda tries to remove Kabila from power and causes war to begin. Seven other countries begin. It was Africa's First World war. It ended in 2002.
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Laurent Desire takes control from Mobutu. Rwanda and Uganda helped.
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Laurent Kabila is assassinated and they replaced with Joseph, his son. He still rules today.
