acres of land for the benefit of the belgian king leopold the 2nd after landing in bergen more yo henry stanley penetrated deep into central africa and renamed the cities of kiss on ghani and kinshasa after himself and he was soon joined by other european explorers who entered africa from the west these expeditions marked the transition from evangelizing missions to imperialism. as a young boy began to trade along the central route into iran the congo he traded over a large area and was the most powerful figure there. also had his own almost no army. although now in a state of neglect to putin it's house in zanzibar tells us much about the fortune amassed by the powerful merchant in his autobiography he recounted his negotiations with stanley and a belgian diplomats. stanley arrived with a dozen europeans we met at the consul's and he told me. we wish you to accept to become governor in the name of belgium and that your voice the belgian flag in the districts or under your rule. i hosted juan it's time he falls when i arrived on my men did the same wherever we came. former slaves were enlisted

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 into signing contracts that stripped them of millions of acres of land for the benefit of the belgian king leopold the 2nd after landing in bangor morio. penetrated deep into central africa and renamed the cities of kiss on gandhi and kinshasa after himself he was soon joined by other european explorers who entered africa from the west these expeditions marked the transition from evangelizing missions to imperialism. as a young boy began to trade along the settled route in iran the congo he traded over a large area and was the most powerful figure there. also had his own almost no army. although now in a state of neglect to putin as house in zanzibar tells us much about the fortune amassed by the powerful merchant in his autobiography he recounted his negotiations with stanley and the belgian diplomats. stanley arrived with a dozen europeans we met at the consul's and he told me. we wish you to accept to become gover

stanley said, i'm going in. and when he went in, henryd, will you forgive me? and he said, i forgive you. >> 42-year-old henry hayes died in alabama's electric chair early this morning after refusing a last meal. >> and i think we cried all the way back home from the prison. we cried all the way back home. because we knew that chapter was finally over. nobody wins when it's like that because two families have been destroyed over a simple act of pure hatred. >> at some point, bennie felt some guilt because he knew that he probably had cost that boy his life. my biggest regret is never having tried bennie hayes. the trial ended in a mistrial because bennie hayes either faked or had a heart attack in the presence of the jury. >> he died while in custody. he was officially the leader of the group and unofficially the evil force behind it. >> there were threats. there was a contract on my life. everybody hated me. i was given a life sentence. i really thought my life sentence was going to be reduced so i could get out. but it wasn't. i was mad