Arya Dawson Suspect Board: Henry Morton Stanley by

About Henry:

857027 — 2025-04-22 21:02:35 UTC

In full: Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Original name: John Rowlands

Congolese byname: Bula Matari (“Breaker of Rocks”)

Born: January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: May 10, 1904, London, England (aged 63)

Notable Works: “Coomassie and Magdala: the Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa” “How I Found Livingstone” “In Darkest Africa” “My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia” “The Congo and the Founding of its Free State” “Through South Africa” “Through the Dark Continent”

Henry Morton Stanley was a British-American explorer exploring central Africa. He was famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone. He was also famous for his discoveries and "development" of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899.

Website: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Morton-Stanley

Reasoning:

857027 — 2025-04-22 21:07:46 UTC

This shows that he knew the atrocities he was bringing to the Congolese people were not okay to do but continued to do it and hurt them horribly without changing his ways.

Evidence 1:

857027 — 2025-04-23 14:48:24 UTC

"The historical record shows that you knew from the beginning that what you were doing was wrong."

Picture 1:

857027 — 2025-04-23 14:59:23 UTC

This picture shows these Congolese workers being injured and hurt by their own friends. This would happen because of the rebellion of finding rubber and just "wrong" things they would do because their lifestyle was horrible on them. Yet Henry responded by making the European soldiers hurt them and continuing to do the horrible things to them.

Evidence 2:

857027 — 2025-04-23 15:04:17 UTC

"You were the one who negotiated the treaties with the Congolese, you were the one who made the maps for the traders who stole the resources, and your drive to become famous made Africa seem like a land where anyone could become rich and powerful."

Reasoning:

857027 — 2025-04-23 15:08:19 UTC

This demonstrates how Henry was responsible because he was the reason for Leopold's actions. Henry made it happen, then Leopold followed along making the situation worse.

Picture 2:

857027 — 2025-04-23 15:10:10 UTC

This picture here shows Henry and the Congolese signing a treaty to work together with one another. Little do the Congolese know that they would work together they will just get taken advantage of and get hurt.

Reasoning:

857027 — 2025-04-23 15:13:25 UTC

Furthermore, this explains how Henry was responsible because he just stood by and watched the Congolese people get injured and terribly treated by European soldiers without doing anything to change it and help the Congolese.

Evidence 3:

857027 — 2025-04-23 20:39:40 UTC

"You stood by and allowed European soldiers and leaders to abuse and treat Congolese workers with extreme cruelty."

Picture 3:

857027 — 2025-04-23 20:54:00 UTC

As you can see in this picture there are 2 boys with there hands cut off. The European soldiers would cut off their hands for disobedience and if they did something "wrong" like fighting back against the soldiers. Henry would allow this injury to happen which shows how he is the response because he let it happen and not change his ways.