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Part One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa

Behind the Bastards

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Charles Dickens Story

If there had actually been a fight the 15 year old healthy boy probably would have beaten the handless coal miner but you know the man with black lung and COPD. None of Stanley's classmates recalled anything like this happening in school. One of the suspicions is that why he later developed such a grudge against John Francis is that maybe Francis who there's a good chance was gaymaybe Francis made a pass at him once he's older.

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