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15
Novèmber
1884

Berlin Conference opens amid European competition for Africa

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📅 15 Novèmber 1884 📍 Alemania

European governments opened a conference to regulate their territorial and commercial competition in Africa. No African state or community was represented as an equal participant. The conference’s language about suppressing slavery and promoting commerce served imperial expansion, and its proceedings helped formalize colonial claims across Africa.

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Otto von Bismarck

European diplomats

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European imperial powers