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National Trust vows to highlight its properties’ links to slavery as bosses bring in colonialism expert after Black Lives Matter ‘watershed moment’ National Trust is set to inform the public about their locations’ colonial history Dr Corinne Fowler has been tasked with examining UK’s ‘Colonial Countryside’ Says visitors will be made aware of the exploitation that … Read more
The mindset created during the years of British slavery in the West Indies, when black people were unfairly described as inferior to white people, still, I believe, sadly persists in many today. For example, last year, after arriving at an important organisation in Edinburgh to give a lecture, I was stopped by the door attendant … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are calling for the removal of 60 statues of slave owners and racists across Britain. Top of their target list is the statue of Cecil Rhodes and petitions also exist to remove the statue of slave-trading West India Docks founder Robert Milligan, and the statue of former Home Secretary Henry Dundas … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today said a statue of a slave trader in Bristol which was pulled down during protests yesterday should have been removed ‘with consent’ and placed in a museum. Sir Keir said the statue of Edward Colston should have been taken down ‘a long, long time ago’. But he argued it … Read more
Six people have been arrested following raids by the Metropolitan Police of brothels in Westminster and £1million of luxury goods have been seized from those who profited from the venues. Four women, with ages from 28 to 67, along with two men, aged 27 and 29, were arrested after a raid by the Met’s Modern … Read more
Modern slavery offences rocket by more than half in one year to more than 5,000 across England and Wales, new figures show Police record 5,144 modern slavery offences in the year ending March 2019 The figure is a 51 per cent rise from 2018 when there were 3,412 cases recorded Figures also reveal a 68 … Read more
BT probes claims equipment supplier Huawei has been linked to modern slavery in China By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 BT is probing claims that controversial equipment supplier Huawei has been linked to slavery in China. The telecoms giant’s probe comes … Read more
The role slavery and cheap labour played in the foundation and vast wealth of the British Empire has been highlighted by a New York museum. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has redesigned its British galleries to illustrate how cultural traditions that sprang from the empire fitted alongside opulent wealth amassed from slave labour. The renovation … Read more