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Historian backs Canterbury Cathedral ‘for keeping statues with slavery links’

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Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’   He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more

Ministers accuse Historic England of ‘putting down Britain’s past’ after ‘slavery audit’

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Ministers have accused Historic England of ‘putting down’ Britain’s past after the public body linked villages, halls, churches and pubs to slavery in a sweeping 157-page report on transatlantic slavery. An audit of pre-existing work by Historic England, an arm of the Department for Culture which is given £88.5million to preserve buildings and monuments, tied … Read more

The villages with links to slavery: Historic England lists places that have ties to slave trade

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Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been listed as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping audit of pre-existing work linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which is … Read more

Slavery probe as two Romanian men found living in ‘filthy’ abandoned Sussex department store

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Two Romanian men are found living in ‘filthy’ abandoned Sussex department store without hot water, heating or flushing toilets sparking modern slavery probe Romanian ‘slaves’ were living in squalor inside an abandoned department store Photos taken inside former TJ Hughes site in Eastbourne show ‘filthy’ conditions Two men were found living inside with no heating, … Read more

Kirstie Alley comes under fire for comparing Trump’s Twitter ban to SLAVERY

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Actress Kirstie Alley came under fire on Saturday for comparing President Trump’s Twitter ban to slavery. The Cheers star was reacting to a comment from the American Civil Liberties Union which is also opposed to the suspension of the president’s account on the grounds of free speech. Alley, 69, claimed that tech companies now hold … Read more

First edition of life of runaway slave who became leading slavery abolitionist goes up for auction

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A rare first edition of one of the earliest accounts of 18th-century slavery, written by the first known Black Briton to have voted in England, will go under the hammer in the New Year. Charles Ignatius Sancho’s 1782 two-volume book The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African is one of the earliest accounts of … Read more

British Library apologises to Ted Hughes’ widow for naming the late poet in a dossier on slavery

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The British Library has apologised to Ted Hughes’s widow and family for naming him in a dossier on slavery and colonial links.   The former Poet Laureate, who came from humble origins in Yorkshire, was found to be a descendant of Nicholas Ferrar who was involved in the slave trade some 300 years before Hughes was … Read more

British Library adds Poet Laureate Ted Hughes to a dossier linking him to slavery and colonialism 

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The celebrated poet Ted Hughes has been added to a dossier linking him to slavery and colonialism by the British Library. The former Poet Laureate, who came from humble origins in Yorkshire, was found to be a descendant of Nicholas Ferrar who was involved in the slave trade some 300 years before Hughes was born. … Read more

National Trust for Scotland will carry out review into historic properties with links to slavery

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National Trust for Scotland will carry out review into historic properties with links to slavery including Culzean Castle which featured in horror film the Wicker Man Volunteers will look at history of properties in a review named ‘Facing Our Past’ Culzean Castle in Ayrshire and the Glenfinnan Monument will both be reviewed  Audiences are ‘demanding … Read more

Three activists scale Parliament calling for slavery reparations to be paid

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Three activists scale Parliament calling for slavery reparations to be paid with huge banner signed by XR and Black Lives Matter – the day after stunt at nearby Cenotaph Three activists hung note ‘to the People of the United Kingdom’ from scaffolding It demanded ‘honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery’ The … Read more