13

A Change of Heart

By Travers Buxton

An irate coal merchant squares up to the oh-so-righteous gentleman who didn’t like the way he was treating his horse.

14

Wilberforce Contra Mundum

By John Wesley

John Wesley wrote to a young William Wilberforce to encourage him in his campaign against the slave trade.

15

Thundering Smoke

By David Livingstone

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

16

Africa’s Competitive Edge

By David Livingstone

Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.

17

Lost for Words

By Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Welsh journalist Henry Stanley is despatched by head office in New York to find a missing British explorer.

18

Press Pass

By Samuel Smiles

Young inventor James Watt’s life in London was overshadowed by the perpetual fear of being snatched.