This article is taken from the Figaro Hors-Série
"Slavery, the tragedy of centuries"
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Nowadays, the name of Livingstone evokes especially the memorable episode where the British explorer, after a disappearance of four years, was found in the depths of Africa by the British journalist Stanley, who approached him by the apostrophe remained famous :
"Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
It was the first international media scoop, which brought incredible fame to the two protagonists. What is less well known is that David Livingstone (1813-1873) was first a Protestant doctor and missionary and made the end of slavery the fight of his life.
Assigned in 1841 to the pioneering mission of Kuruman, in South Africa, this Scotsman was led by his thirst for exploration - coupled with his abortive evangelization efforts - to seek new places of mission in the interior, then unexplored, of the African continent.
Between 1849 and 1851, he undertook three expeditions to the north, the first white ...
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