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Livingstone's birthplace in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Scotland David Livingstone's birthplace, with period furnishings. Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, Scotland, in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde under the bridge crossing into Bothwell. [6]
James Chuma and Abdullah Susi in their usual clothing In the London studio of Henry Maull & Co., Chuma portrayed as expected by the British public. James Chuma and Abdullah Susi were men from central Africa who took part in the second Zambesi expedition led by the explorer David Livingstone, and were employed by him in his last expedition.
Kolobeng Mission (also known as the Livingstone Memorial), built in 1847, the third and final mission of David Livingstone, a missionary and explorer of Africa.Located in the country of Botswana, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Kumakwane and 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Gaborone off the Thamaga-Kanye Road, the mission housed a church and a school and was also the home of David Livingstone, his ...
Many forget the missionary zeal of Dr. David Livingstone, as he hoped to spread Christianity but also commerce, in Africa. Professor: Great Christian missionary who converted only one: Dr ...
Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1812–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana.He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples.
They also captured about 400 civilians, mainly women and children, which they then used as "inkoboekelinge" to work in farms, [7] which was, according to David Livingstone, slavery. [ 8 ] Afterwards the Boers raided the house of David Livingstone at the Kolobeng Mission . [ 2 ]
Sir John Kirk GCMG, KCB, FRS (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a British physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and a British administrator in Zanzibar, East Africa, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country, with the aid of his political assistant, Ali bin Saleh bin Nasser Al-Shaiban, and Alexander Mackay, a missionary in Zanzibar.
The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the life and work of the explorer and missionary David Livingstone. The museum is operated by the David Livingstone Trust [ 1 ] and is housed in a category A listed building [ 2 ] often referred to as Shuttle Row.