For Scottish missionary doctor and explorer David Livingstone (1813 – 1873) faith also meant resisting iniquity. Although the efforts of William Wilberforce, a Christian politician, had succeeded in putting an end to slave trade in the …
Read More christian, david, david-livingstone, doctor, efforts, result, scottish, slave, slave-trade, trade, wilberforce, William“Due to figures like William Wilberforce and David Livingstone , Britain intervened directly to stop the international slave trade,” the Pope pointed out. “Inspired by faith, women like Florence Nightingale served the poor and the sick …
Read More britain, david, livingstone, Pope, result, slave-trade, wilberforce, william-wilberforceEven in comparatively recent times, due to figures like William Wilberforce and David Livingstone , Britain intervened directly to stop the international slave trade … Even in our own lifetime, we can recall how Britain and her leaders …
Read More britain, david, david-livingstone, lifetime, livingstone, slave, slave-trade, stop-the-international, WilliamAmong the “many examples of this force for good throughout Britain’s long history”, the Pope mentioned William Wilberforce and David Livingstone who worked to stop the international slave trade, Florence Nightingale who “served the poor …
Read More david-livingstone, florence, florence-nightingale, international, livingstone, poor, Pope, slave-trade, WilliamIt is common knowledge that during the long years of the inhumane and barbaric trans Atlantic slave trade, millions of Africans were kidnapped, shipped away and forced to serve as slaves in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.
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