Congo Free State Crisis

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:causedBy exploitation of resources
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:E.D._Morel
gptkbp:duration 1885 to 1908
gptkbp:highlights colonial exploitation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Congo Free State Crisis
gptkbp:impact indigenous populations
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Congo_Reform_Association
anti-colonial movements
gptkbp:involved gptkb:King_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
missionary activities
rubber trade
gptkbp:isChallengedBy international community
humanitarian activists
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy forced labor
economic exploitation
political corruption
systematic oppression
systematic violence
violence against locals
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Joseph_Conrad
human rights organizations
social reformers
civil rights leaders
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn gptkb:Roger_Casement
historical texts
historical archives
historical documentaries
historical scholars
The Congo Report
books and reports
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy industrial revolution
global trade networks
economic interests
colonial policies
geopolitical interests
European_imperialism
gptkbp:isPortrayedBy gptkb:The_Times_of_London
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:British_Parliament
academic journals
international media
investigative journalists
gptkbp:isVisitedBy gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Congo_Free_State_Act_of_1908
international outrage
Congo_Free_State's_annexation_by_Belgium
gptkbp:occursIn gptkb:Congo_Free_State
gptkbp:resultedIn human rights abuses
Congo_Free_State_becoming_a_Belgian_colony
gptkbp:sparked humanitarian campaigns
gptkbp:wasAffecting gptkb:Congo_River_Basin
local economies
Congo's_cultural_heritage
Congo's_demographics
Congo's_natural_resources
European_public_opinion
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn The_Black_Man's_Burden
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
colonial resistance movements
African_history
African_colonial_history
Belgian_colonial_history
Congo's_history.