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East Africa
ABOVE:
Explorer and missionary, David
Livingstone.
RIGHT:
Stone Town in Zanzibar.
Zanzibar was part of the slave route.
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David Livingstone
(1813–1873)
David Livingstone, the
Scottish
missionary
and
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.