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The mahdi in the Sudan 57
The crisis 59
Gordon's last mission 61
6. CONCLUSION 65
II
The Congo and the Creation of the Free State, 1882-1885
1. BELGIUM AND LEOPOLD II 76
Belgium and the colonies 76
Leopold II 77
2. THE BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 80
Exploration and explorers 81
The Geographical Conference of 1876 85
3. EUROPEANS IN THE CONGO 89
From Association to Committee 89
Brazza and the makoko 93
From Committee to Association 97
4. THE CONGO QUESTION, 1882-1884 99
Portugal and the colonies 99
Great Britain and Portugal 101
Leopold's reaction 103
5. GERMANY AND IMPERIALISM 105
Germany under Bismarck 105
The German colonial movement 107
Bismarck's colonial conversion 109
The birth of the German colonial empire 110
6. THE BERLIN CONFERENCE 113
Toward an international conference 113
The Berlin Conference, 15 November 1884-26 February 1885 114
7. THE BIRTH OF THE FREE STATE 119
The road to recognition 119
The boundary question 121
"While England slept" 123
8. CONCLUSION 124

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Publication Information: Book Title: Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914. Contributors: H. L. Wesseling - author, Arnold J. Pomerans - transltr. Publisher: Praeger. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1996. Page Number: viii.
    
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