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Wainwright recorded his experiences on the
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As the most literate member of the party, Wainwright was also responsible for writing a letter to the relief expedition which included
Livingstone's son, informing them that Dr Livingstone had died. At Zanzibar, it seems that the British assumed that Wainwright was the leader, despite his youth,
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Wainwright's birth date is unknown; accounts of his age vary widely. Some accounts put him at being born in 1849/50, but other accounts estimate that he was about fourteen when he joined
Livingstone's expedition, suggesting a birth date around 1859. He was born into the
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Alexandria onwards, Wainwright guarded Livingstone's coffin on its journey to Britain. Wainwright was the only African among the eight pallbearers at the explorer’s funeral in
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personal letters, were digitized and made available online. The diary is valued, as few indigenous Black
African servants of white European explorers are known to have written about their experiences.
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