The History of a Slave

Sir Henry Harry Hamilton Johnston GCMG KCB (12 June 1858 31 July 1927) was a British explorer botanist linguist and colonial administrator one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th centuryBorn at Kennington Park south London he attended Stockwell grammar school and then King''s College London followed by four years studying painting at the Royal Academy. In connection with his study he travelled to Europe and North Africa visiting the little-known (by Europeans) interior of Tunisia