Henry Morton Stanley by Sarah Vazquez

Henry Morton Stanley

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Henry Morton Stanley was a famous explorer and journalist in the 1800s. He was born in Wales in 1841 with the name John Rowlands. Stanley is best known for traveling to Africa and searching for Dr. David Livingstone, a missionary who had been missing. He also explored a lot of the Congo region and helped map parts of Africa that people in Europe hadn’t seen before.Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians that enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.

Argument

818567 — 2025-04-22 19:14:22 UTC

Henry Morton Stanley was the cause for the deaths of around 10 million Congolese people due to his actions and how he would treat the Congolese people. Henry Morton Stanley just wanted the money and fame and the glory from the Congo because of its rich resources and how he would be famous for exploring Africa and his achievements. Henry Morton Stanley also treated African people poorly during his expeditions, and he’s criticized for his role in colonization.

Evidence 1

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According to Henry Morton Stanley article "You did this because you thought that you were better than them, when they refused to take your mistreatment, you beat them, worked them death"

Evidence 2

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According to Henry Morton Stanley's article " You might try and blame everything on Leopold, but your journals and letters show that what you cared most about was the glory and fame"

Evidence 3

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According to Henry Morton Stanley article "You did not care if people got sick and died, you wanted to look good for the pictures that would be published in the newspaper, in fact, you seemed to care more about writing your book than you did even friends"

Reasoning 1

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This evidences show us that Henry Morton Stanley’s actions, like beating and overworking the Congolese people, helped set up a system where millions of people were treated horribly. He helped King Leopold 2 take control of the Congo, and that led to forced labor and violence. The people were made to work for long hours without care and many died from being overworked, hurt, starving, or sick.

Reasoning 2

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This evidences show us that even when they found out the King Leopold 2 was not treating the Congolese people right, Henry Morton Stanley tried to act like he was never apart of what King Leopold 2 was doing so he and keep his glory and fame. After King Leopold 2 got exposed they found journals that Henry Morton Stanley wrote which he explains in them that he never cared about the people or the people he traveled with he just wanted the glory and fame from the Congo.

Reasoning 3

818567 — 2025-04-22 21:52:45 UTC

This evidence shows that he would make people get sick on purpose and then they will die or get other people sick which makes even more people get sick and die. He made sure no one knows that he was doing this to the Congolese people so he can keep his glory and fame that he earned form the newspaper and the wiring he got for exploring Africa