Henry StanleyBy: Haley Bechdel, Jarett Guthrie, Alex Tobin, and

Marisa Swinehart

4/9/2015

Who Was Henry Stanley?Welsh Journalist Born January 28,

1841Known for finding

David Livingstone

What has he accomplished in life?Received a gold medal from the

Royal Geographical Society(BBC)Knighted by the British crown in

1899Sat in Parliament as a Liberal

Unionist for North Lambeth from 1895-1900

First Experience in AfricaCommissioned by the New York Herald

to find and interview David LivingstoneSet out with 200 men from ZanzibarFound the explorer in Ujiji after eight

months

Second experience in AfricaReturned to Africa in 1874 to find

the source of the NileNavigated the length of the Congo

RiverSigned trade treaties on behalf of

Leopold II of Belgium with African chiefs

What was the Trade Treaty?Established a trade

route along the Congo River to transport ivory

Helped established the Congo Free State

How is he connected to the novella?The main character

was an ivory transporter along the Congo River

Henry Stanley was one of the men that established this trade route

Ivory TradeLeopold II of Belgium

wanted ivory desperatelyDidn’t have to be

processedSold it for 150 percent

profitUsed in jewelry,

carvings, and piano keys

Result of the Trade TreatiesIn the beginning Africa traded

ivory for beads and other goodsBy the end, Belgium agents were

taking ivory by forceIf the Congolese didn’t meet their

quota then their hands and feet were removed

Poaching of the ElephantsThe demand for ivory

resulted in the poaching of many elephants

The ivory needed to be extracted from the elephant’s tusks

The poachers had to kill them to cut out the tusks

How would he be received today?

Henry Stanley would not be received well today

Today it is illegal to poach animals He was one of the main men who

caused the atrocities of the trade treaties

Works CitedBBC. Henry Stanley (1841-1904). 2014. Web.

10 April 2015.Company, The Atlantic Monthly. Henry Morton

Stanley Biography. n.d. Web. 10 April 2015.Crawfurd. Stanley - Exploration and

Exploitation. n.d. Web. 10 April 2015.History, EyeWitness to. Stanley Finds

Livingstone, 1871. n.d. Web. 10 April 2015.Online, Livingstone. Henry Morton Stanley.

n.d. Web. 10 April 2015.