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On November 15, 1884, A meeting was assembled in Berlin. This meeting was created by a german chancellor, to help leopold decide with other nation which part of africa they wanted to colonize.
- Otto Von Bismarck
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Helped found the Mouvement National Congolais, a party that demanded independence from belgium and was arrested for inciting anti-colonial riots.
I was killed in 1961 after being forced to eat my independence day speech.

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As the prime minister of the democratic republic of Congo, he believe that the resources in the Congos should stay in the Congo to create a stronger society. But other think different. "United state and Great britain were also angry. They accused me of being a communist  because I believe the that the wealth of Congo should remain in Congo." (Patrice Lumumba) The CIA and counterparts in Britain and Belgium paid men to kill him.

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Although he wasn't actually mentioned in relation to the Congolese, he did model his ruling on King Leopold's principles. I enforced authoritarian control, theft of the country’s wealth for myself, torture, and murder. When he ruled from 1965–1997 he let the country fall apart while he made about 5 billion dollars. The US and Europe both supported his dictatorship.

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This man was the president of the United States from 1881-1885. Under his administration, the US was the first country to recognize King Leopold's claim to the Congo on April 22, 1884. He sent a Navy vessel to the mouth of the Congo River to give a salute to honor Leopold's new Congo Free State in April of 1885.