Exploration of the interior, home to the bulk of Africans sold into bondage at the height of the slave trade, came only during the colonial conquests, which is why Henry Morton Stanley’s pursuit of Dr. David Livingstone in 1871 made for …
Read More 1871-made, bulk, conquests, david, during-the-colonial, Henry, interior, livingstone, morton, stanley, the-bulk, the-height, the-slaveIn 1861 the Abbey was bought by wealthy landowner William Frederick Webb a friend of explorer Dr David Livingstone who stayed at the abbey in the 1860s. The estate passed to Mr Webb’s children and grandchild Charles Ian Fraser who sold …
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