Editing Henry Morton Stanley (section)

===General opinion about African people===
[[File:The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition under attack Wellcome L0034831.jpg|thumb|Stanley's expedition under attack]]
In ''Through the Dark Continent'', Stanley observed the peoples of the region, and wrote that "the savage only respects force, power, boldness, and decision".{{sfn|Stanley|1878|p=216}} Stanley further wrote: "If Europeans will only&nbsp;... study human nature in the vicinity of Stanley Pool (Kinshasa), they will go home thoughtful men, and may return again to this land to put to good use the wisdom they should have gained&nbsp;... during their peaceful sojourn."{{sfn|Stanley|1885|p=394}}

In ''How I Found Livingstone'' (1872), he wrote that he was "prepared to admit any black man possessing the attributes of true manhood, or any good qualities&nbsp;... to a brotherhood with myself."{{sfn|Stanley | 1872|p=10}}

Stanley insulted and shouted at [[William Grant Stairs]] and [[Arthur Jephson]] for mistreating the Wangwana.<ref name="jeal2007" /> He described the history of [[Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo|Boma]] as "two centuries of pitiless persecution of black men by sordid whites".<ref name="jeal2007" /> He also wrote about what he thought was the superior beauty of black people in comparison with whites.<ref name="jeal2007" />{{sfn|Stanley|1885|pp=80, 96}} According to Jeal, Stanley was not a racist, unlike his contemporaries [[Sir Richard Burton]] and [[Sir Samuel Baker]].<ref name="jeal2007" />{{rp|10–11}}