By Felicity Dowd

Journalism/Sports Media
Bega High School - Year 11
This submission is an Essay about the Congo Free State (1885-1908) and how the natives within the state were controlled using a regime of terror. The essay investigates the question, "How did the Force Publique exercise an intense regime of terror to control the Congolese Natives during the Congo Free State?", diving into the dark history of the Congo rubber and ivory trades, and Belgium's methods of exploitation.

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