David Livingstone
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Ships, Naval History, Explorers
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, African History
Article abstract: Although Livingstone is often thought of primarily as a missionary, in truth he was singularly unsuccessful in this endeavor. His actual importance was as an explorer whose travels, together with moving appeals asking Britons to do something about the slave trade in the African interior, focused the eyes of the civilized world on the “dark continent.”
Early Life
David Livingstone, the son of an impoverished tea vendor who was more interested in distributing religious tracts than selling tea, was born in Blantyre, near Glasgow, on...
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