His first-person account of a 19th-century massacre in Africa helped to close one of the continent's most notorious slave markets ... legendary explorer Dr David Livingstone may not have been ...

A monument to a famous abolitionist could be removed due to an alleged connection to the slave trade. A statue to David Livingstone, the anti-slavery missionary and explorer, in Glasgow was ...

A HARROWING account of the massacre of 400 slaves, written by the famed Scottish explorer David Livingstone, can be read for the first time, the National Library of Scotland has revealed.

Now researchers say they have evidence Dr. David ... because Livingstone's account of the horror seen in the African village of Nyangwe galvanized British authorities to shut the slave market ...

Explorer David Livingstone has been credited with ending the east African slave trade by reporting a massacre of slaves in 1871. A new analysis of his original diary entries, however, shows that ...

A "lost diary" written by legendary Scots explorer David Livingstone has revealed for the first time his account of the massacre of 400 slaves. A "lost diary" written by legendary Scots explorer ...

Historians say the well documented account helped lead to the closure of one of the continent's most notorious slave ... know of Livingstone is largely based on The Last Journals of David ...

David Livingstone is the ... ultimately led to the end of the African slave trade, and closing down the world’s last open slave market. But Livingstone may not have told the entire story ...

Fresh light has been shed on the Scottish explorer and anti-slavery missionary David Livingstone. A diary which had faded so much it was illegible has been decoded to reveal his first hand account ...

an anti-slavery campaigner and Victorian celebrity whose death prompted displays of public mourning reminiscent of Princess Diana. It is 200 years since David Livingstone was born in Blantyre.