Henry Morton Stanley by

Henry Morton Stanley

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 14:57:49 UTC

Henry Morton Stanley was an explorer who went to the Congo on the orders of King Leopold to help take control of the Congo.

Evidence 1

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 14:59:50 UTC

Article "Henry Morton Stanley" Paragraph 1

"You did this because you thought that you were better. When they refused your mistreatment, you beat them, worked them to death, or outright killed them."

Evidence 2

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:01:38 UTC

Article "Henry Morton Stanley" Paragraph 2

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

Evidence 3

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:04:52 UTC

Article "Henry Morton Stanley" Paragraph 3

Your exploration group started with 356 people in the Congo River Basin, but when it was over, only 114 were still alive."

Argument

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:05:09 UTC

He is responsible for all these deaths because he would work these people to death and he understood what he was doing. He would kidnap tribesmen and then beat people. He thought he was better and he wouldn't listen to the Congolese people. He didn't understand the boundaries of what was ok and what wasn't.

Reasoning 1

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:06:51 UTC

Although he might not have killed them all but he lead to a lot of them being killed or working to death. He also controlled people who were also killing them. He was responsible for killing many of the Congolese people.

Reasoning 2

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:07:09 UTC

This shows that even if he tries to blame it on others we see that all this killing was wrong but he still did it. He understood what was happening but he did it anyways. He knew that it was bad to do this to the Congolese people but he did it anyways

Reasoning 3

819230_1 — 2025-04-22 15:07:20 UTC

This quote shows how he went on an expedition with a ton of people but all of his brutalities killed them or made them work to death. He would allow people to get sick and be exposed to many things they should have been exposed to.