Today was the date of Henry Stanley’s finding Dr. Livingston 138 years ago. Here follows an excerpt from “The Autobiography of Henry Stanley" upon his arrival in New Orleans in 1859.
“The view of the sky was as freely mine as another’s. These American rights did not depend on depth of pocket, or stature of a man…I possessed privileges of free speech, free opinions, immunity from insult, oppression, and the contempt of class; and that, throughout America, my treatment from men would solely depend upon my individual character, without regard of family or pedigree."
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