Henry Morton Stanley (1841 1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous
for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone,
travelled widely in Africa. First published in 1898, this is a
compendium of letters written by Stanley during his travels to
Bulawayo, Johannesburg and Pretoria, which lend a unique insight
into colonial South Africa in the late nineteenth century. Focusing
on the country's culture and commercial development, he recalls his
impressions of industries such as railways, farms and gold mines,
social issues such as immigration and poverty, and the contentious
relations between the Boer peoples and the British colonists which
led to the Second Boer War. Through his passionate exposition, we
learn of his adversity towards President Kruger's policies, and his
compassion for the people who he claims were left to starve because
the government's priorities were military. His memoirs provide a
revealing snapshot of an important period in South Africa's
history.
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