The Daring Heart of David Livingstone: Exile, African Slavery, and the Publicity Stunt That Saved Millions by Jay Milbrandt. Thomas Nelson. 262 pages. 2014
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The author tells us that if David Livingstone pursued one purpose, it was freedom from the African slave trade. Just thirty-six days after passing away deep in the heart of Africa, legislation in Zanzibar would make slavery illegal in East Africa. Yet Livingstone would die believing that he failed in almost everything in life. For abolition, he sacrificed his career, his reputation, his fortune, his wife, his children, and, eventually, his own life.
The author writes that Livingstone was first and foremost, a missionary. While his walk across Africa had had little to do with evangelism, he believed his work ultimately opened routes for the gospel.
The book uses sources to provide us with a detailed account of Livingstone’s travels. His goals ultimately were the end of the East African slave trade and to find the source of the Nile River.

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