MC_A Concise History of Africa

East Africa

David Livingstone (1813–1873) David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and

ABOVE: Explorer and missionary, David Livingstone. RIGHT: Stone Town in Zanzibar. Zanzibar was part of the slave route. explorer, witnessed the slaughter of villagers by slave traders at a village on the Lualaba river, a headstream of the Congo, leading him to send home a letter describing the event, which so infuriated the public as to cause the British government to pressure the Sultan of Zanzibar to stop the trade, which was only partially successful. At home, Livingstone continued to publicize the horrors of the slave trade. He also secured private support for another expedition to Africa to look for the source of the Nile and make a further report on slavery. This lasted from 1866 until Livingstone’s death in 1873.

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