THE EARLY LIFE OF STANLEY

➢MOTHER – ELIZABETH ( BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER )

➢FATHER – JOHN ROWLANT ( FARMER )
➢AT THE AGE OF 6
- warehouse
- he fled to his relatives house
- odd jobs till he was 17
- he sailed as a cabin boy from Liverpool to new orleans
➢He was adopted by a merchant
➢Stanley for the confederates in the us civil war
➢Served as seman in merchant ships and federal navy
➢NAME - DAVID LIVINGSTONE

➢DOB - 19TH MARCH 1813 , SCOTLAND , UK

➢DIED - 1 MAY 1873 DUE TO MALARIA

➢WELL KNOWN FOR - SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND

EXPLORATION OF AFRICA
DAVID LIVINGSTONE’S MONUMENTS
 Scene - 1
Staley’s expedition –

➢Had to travel to ujiji , eastern shore of

Tanganyika
➢750 miles from the coast
➢Funded by American consul
Supplies -
Supplies -
Resources -

➢70 pound load carried on their head

➢Weighed over 6 tons
➢200 potters
➢2 ex-navy merchants
➢Few donkeys
➢5 caravans
 SCENE – 2

➢SETTING OF WITH A GOOD SPIRIT

➢WAVING THEIR AMERICAN FLAGS AND SINGING
➢STANLEY CHOSE TO GO DUE WEST
➢SAVANNAH TURNED INTO A BOG
➢TEMP ROSE TO 53.3 DEGREES
➢ATTACKED BY INSECTS AND CAUGHT FEVER
 PROBLEMS FACED DURING THE FIRST PART OF THEIR EXPEDITION

➢NATIVES STOLE RESOURCES

➢MANY DESERTED
➢MEN FELL ILL WITH SMALL POX , DYSENTERY ,
ELEPHANTIASIS OR MALARIA
➢FEW DIED ON THE MARCH
➢NATIVES DEMANDED PAYMENT TO PASS THEIR LAND
➢ THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED A RIVER AND A PLATEAU
WAAAAAR WITH THE TRIBES
 SCENE - 3

➢AFTER THE WAR , HE GOT A FRESH START

➢HE TOOK A DETOUR TO UJIJI
➢HE ENTERED PART THICK FOREST , SANK IN RIVER , MUD LOTS
➢60 MILES SHORT UJIJI , HE CONFIRMED THAT A WHITE
AMERICAN WAS TO BE SEEN IN UJIJI
➢STANLEY SAID – “HURRAH!”
“ THIS IS LIVINGSTONE . WE MUST MARCH QUICKLY , LEST HE
HEARS THAT WE ARE COMING AND RUNS AWAY….”