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Unit 3
Grades 9-10
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The Belgian Congo: Paternalism as Policy, Education as Weapon

Recall from this curriculum's previous unit that the Congo Free State, King Leopold II's personal fiefdom, was formally annexed by the Belgian state in 1908 following international outrage over documented atrocities. This lesson examines what colonial administration actually…

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