History

When he said that he was going back to Africa to make an open road for commerce and for Christianity he meant that unless a natural alternative was provided the slave trade was bound to go on (Lloyd, p. 182). Livingston was an icon to remind the British of Africa but his role alone did not fully set the foundation for later British growth in Africa. African expansion hadn't particularly been considered by because it wasn't viable do to high mortality rates caused by malaria and other tropical diseases and the lack of geographic knowledge of the African hinterland. These piece of the foundation started to come together though in the 1850's and 1860's to combined with Livingston's publicizing of Africa to build the base that would support the rapid expansion the would develop in the 1880's and 1890's. .
             Advances inland were becoming a little more practicable because of advances in technology; People had known for centuries that quinine was a useful drug for tropical diseases, but it was really not until an expedition up the river Niger in 1854 succeeded in keeping its death rate very low by laying down that everybody must take a regular dose of quinine that the drugs value comprehensive value for preventative purposes was accepted. (Lloyd, p. 182) Careless behavior in exploring or expanding in Africa was not a sound choice even as of Livingston's death denoting the lack of interest Porter believes present prior to and through the much scramble for Africa in terms of the British governments desire for expansion in Africa. All the same Livingston's publicity and the work of other explorers and the use of quinine certainly contribute to the availability for British expansion in Africa by the 1880's. .
             As the 1880's arrived and the stage was being set for African expansion. This is when a big impact from Social Darwinism played a huge role in Europe's imperial ways. Social Darwinism of this period is generally understood as the idea that the strong have the moral right to rule over the weak.