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Congolese Americans; Total population; By ancestry or ethnic origin: 5,488 (2000 US Census) [1] Congolese-born: 105,000 (2023 US Census) [2]: Regions with significant populations; Texas (especially the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex followed by The Houston area,) North Carolina (especially in the Charlotte area followed by the Raleigh area,) the Buffalo, NY Metropolitan Area, Iowa, Kentucky, [3 ...
Americo-Liberian people (also known as Congo people or Congau people), [2] are a Liberian ethnic group of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and liberated African origin. Americo-Liberians trace their ancestry to free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans who emigrated in the 19th century to become the founders of the state of Liberia.
Congolese Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in the Congo (including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo) or who are of Congolese descent. Pages in category "Congolese-American history"
Another American, a 22-year-old FedEx worker and former high school football teammate of Thompson and Marcel Malanga, said that Marcel had offered him $50,000 to $100,000 to act as a security guard for his father for four months in the DRC; the man, who lives in Utah, declined the offer, because Marcel was vague on the details of the proposed ...
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Democratic Republic of the Congo ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
William Henry Sheppard (March 8, 1865 – November 25, 1927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church.He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and other Congolese peoples by King Leopold II's Force Publique.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
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