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===Early Life===

===Early Life===

Livingston was born into a poor family living in [[Blantyre]], [[Scotland]] in 1813. He had three brothers and one sister which were crowded into a two-room house. While in school at age ten, he worked at a local [[cotton]] mill fourteen hours a day.  At a young age Livingston became fascinated with medical [[science]] and [[theology]], He studied both of these areas and earned a degree in from the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1838, with a degree in theology and medicine. After college Livingston traveled to [[London]] to train for [[missionary]] work. He tried to travel to [[China]] as a missionary in 1838, but the [[Opium War]] in [[China]] blocked his access. The [[Missionary Society]] in London hesitated to sponsor Livingston because they did not believe that his speaking style was polished enough. Livingston soon met [[Robert Moffat]], a missionary to [[Cape Town]], [[Africa]]. While attending one of Moffat’s lectures Livingston was struck by Moffats accounts of Africa. When speaking of Africa Moffat stated that, “I have sometimes seen, in the morning [[sun]], the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been<ref> Believers Web, “David Livingstone,” http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=74</ref>.” It was at this time that Livingston decided to go to Africa.  In 1841, Livingstone traveled to with Moffat back to his missionary base to help with his mission work. Livingston began his work in Africa quickly; in 1842 he started a four year campaign to find the route to upper [[Zambezi River]], his work here helped the Europeans commerce, which he believed instrumental in bringing Christianity to the region.  He also started to push north to places that had not been explored by Europeans before. Livingston also spoke against the [[slavery]] being carried out on the continent. As Livingston traveled he became convinced that his mission was to reach the people in the interior of Africa and introduce them to [[Christianity]]. He married Moffat’s daughter, Mary, in 1845 and then settled north in [[Kolobeng]].   

Livingston was born into a poor family living in [[Blantyre]], [[Scotland]] in 1813. He had three brothers and one sister which were crowded into a two-room house. While in school at age ten, he worked at a local [[cotton]] mill fourteen hours a day.  At a young age Livingston became fascinated with medical [[science]] and [[theology]], He studied both of these areas and graduated from the [[University of Glasgow]], in 1838, with a degree in theology and medicine. After college Livingston traveled to [[London]] to train for [[missionary]] work. He tried to travel to [[China]] as a missionary in 1838, but the [[Opium War]] in [[China]] blocked his access. The [[Missionary Society]] in London hesitated to sponsor Livingston because they did not believe that his speaking style was polished enough. Livingston soon met [[Robert Moffat]], a missionary to [[Cape Town]], [[Africa]]. While attending one of Moffat’s lectures Livingston was struck by Moffats accounts of Africa. When speaking of Africa Moffat stated that, “I have sometimes seen, in the morning [[sun]], the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been<ref> Believers Web, “David Livingstone,” http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=74</ref>.” It was at this time that Livingston decided to go to Africa.  In 1841, Livingstone traveled to with Moffat back to his missionary base to help with his mission work. Livingston began his work in Africa quickly; in 1842 he started a four year campaign to find the route to upper [[Zambezi River]], his work here helped the Europeans commerce, which he believed instrumental in bringing Christianity to the region.  He also started to push north to places that had not been explored by Europeans before. Livingston also spoke against the [[slavery]] being carried out on the continent. As Livingston traveled he became convinced that his mission was to reach the people in the interior of Africa and introduce them to [[Christianity]]. He married Moffat’s daughter, Mary, in 1845 and then settled north in [[Kolobeng]].   

===1845-1862===

===1845-1862===