adventure ready to invest in the raw materials that their continent needed the missionary dr david livingstone became the figurehead for abolitionist explorers the people who supported these missions businesspeople people with money so they probably had some idea of why they're interested it's not just interested in finding talk. of africa but when it comes to missionaries living standard was actually quite clear here in your what the capitalists what interested me. organization he told them that this is philanthropy plus 5 percent that there is an interest for you as a businessman and he said quite openly philanthropy joined us to fight against a very. abolish slavery because there is an interest for you or you will produce cloth to sell to the people. some explorers made the most of the local merchants advice and logistical support among the latter was to put it one of the most important slave traders in central and eastern africa he controlled an immense territory along lake tanganyika with the help of henry morton stanley went up the congo river and coerced the traditional village she says