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Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools

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• When Christian missionaries <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Congo<br />

revealed <strong>the</strong>se atrocities (crimes), <strong>the</strong> Belgian<br />

government began an <strong>in</strong>vestigation.<br />

Eventually, <strong>in</strong> 1908, <strong>the</strong> government took over<br />

<strong>the</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Congo Free State,<br />

which <strong>the</strong>n became known as <strong>the</strong> Belgian<br />

Congo.

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