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This site uses cookies. Who else has sold more than 200 million... For more than a century and a half the real story of Scotland's connections to transatlantic slavery has been lost to history and shrouded in myth. By continuing to use this site you are giving consent to cookies being used. The Glassford Family Portrait currently hangs in the People’s Palace and shows the merchant and his family as his home of Shawfield mansion in the city centre. One Inverness publican said banning booze sales in shops could provide a lifeline to Scotland's struggling hospitality industry. I was so tempted to give this book 5 stars. The Glasgow street name petition advocates to take the Tobacco Lords "off the pedestal they seemingly stand on and instead recognise other Scottish activists who are deserving of such esteem". Woman found dead in Scots home as cops launch investigation into mystery death. Dad forced to carry ID everywhere as people think his name is coronavirus prank. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Well worth a read, Scotland has been accused of forgetting or ignoring its role in slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean, as its ports had only a minor role in the triangular slave trade.

Start by marking “Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past: The Caribbean Connection” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Find local and major sport events, training and advice. Coronavirus (Covid-19) – Latest Information. Letter book, 1764-1772 (TSK 22 2) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Account book, 1764-1778 (TSK 22 3) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Account book, 1781-1784 (TSK 22 4) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Invoice and sales book, 1770-1776 (TSK 22 5) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City ArchivesInvoice and sales book, 1775-1781 (TSK 22 6) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Invoice and sales book, 1780-1784 (TSK 22 7) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Ship arrivals & sales of sugar and rum, 1788-1790 (TSK 22 11) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Ship arrivals & sales of sugar and rum, 1789-1793 (TSK 22 12) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City ArchivesKeir works at Hampden, plan and elevation, n.d. (TSK 22 13) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives Hampden House, front elevation, n.d. (TSK 22 14) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, Hampden estate plan, n.d. (TSK 22 15) ©Glasgow Life: Glasgow City Archives, If you require documents in large print, braille, or audio versions please email: [email protected], Glasgow Life, Commonwealth House, 38 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH. Scots have now turned their attention towards the streets and buildings as a petition calling them to be renamed in Glasgow has gained fresh traction in the wake of George Floyd's death, which sparked a global anti-racism movement.

Histories of abolitionists have been written before, as we pat ourselves on the back, but here we hear about those Scots who actively resisted the abolition of slavery. Scotland's ties with the slave trade started in tobacco, which was sold across Europe. Kemar Roofe's stunning solo goal sealed a 2-0 win but the players were in no mood to shake hands afterward. Andrew Buchanan of Drumpellier was a Scottish tobacco merchant with plantations in Virginia. People at home were baffled by Debbie McGee's eerie tribute to her late husband Paul Daniels, which looked like his pickled head. The Style Mile is one of Scotland’s most famous high streets famous for its shopping. The shocking death has sparked traction of worldwide movement Black Lives Matter, where deep-seated anger over police brutality and inequalities ingrained in society has shifted across the pond to Scotland. It was formerly the home of William Cunninghame, who paid £10,000 for the mansion off the back of the plantations he owned in Jamaica. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Prince Andrew has always fought for his daughters' royal status, but his brother and heir to the throne had to step in after Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's security costs caused tension. As doctors and captains on slave ships, overseers, bookkeepers and plantation owners, as merchants profiting from trade to and from the Caribbean. A selection of documents has been digitised from one series of records (TSK 22 2). And new research reveals another narrative, although one that will represent a sharp shock to our Recovering Scotland’s Slavery Past critic. Scots mum's anguish as tot-shaking thug who killed her baby is freed and living nearby. Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter following global peaceful protests and riots. Mum of three Michelle Slater and her boyfriend Jason Bentham were discovered in the garden of the house. For further information about the collection, please contact us.
It is a very readable, informative book. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. The acquisition has previously been dubbed “the worst deal in history” by opponents. Henry Dundas (1st Viscount Melville, above) has a 150ft high statue in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. Archibald Ingram was another wealthy merchant who made his fortune on the plantations through exploitation of black slaves. The worldwide anti-racism movement gained traction thanks to Black Lives Matter, a global human rights group that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. The Scots TV star admitted he was about to 'do something crazy' before unveiling the bizarre stunt, and said he wants to send news on upcoming projects or just 'share a whisky and talk rubbish' with fans. He is regarded as the leading authority on the history of modern Scotland. Scots care homes treated 'unequally' in Covid-19 death review, industry chief says. It was once very fashionable to be the owner of a slave, but it is thought it may have been painted over in the 19th century as the trade was abolished and the practice was viewed as shameful. He was a powerful politician.

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But it was actually named after one of Glasgow's most famous ‘Tobacco Lords’. Analysis of compensation paid to slave owners after abolition shows. Prince Charles forced to intervene in cash row about Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice.

The Kilmarnock-born tobacco lord had an enormous estate in Jamaica and he reportedly owned 300 slaves. There was even denial that the Scots unlike the English had any significant involvement in slavery. Welcome back. Here are some of Glasgow's most famous streets and buildings named after the slave trade's infamous figures: This stunning piece of architecture is a well-known part of Glasgow, but it has a dark history associated with the slave trade. But it's often seldom discussed that famous Scottish landmarks and streets are named after wealthy slave owners and reveal a murky and shameful past. BiFab engineering firm at risk of 'insolvency' according to leaked government document.
He also created Virginia Street, one of the city centre streets named after slave-owning areas where the 18th century merchant made his fortune. Scottish Care chief executive Donald Macaskill said the process was “distressing” for staff. In the early stages of Scottish transatlantic trade, the 1660s was a key decade, with the founding of Port Glasgow, the first Scottish sugar houses, and the first signs of the benefits of trade in Glasgow.¹ In the British Americas the 1660s was also the decade that black chattel slavery took hold.² Though separated by the Atlantic, these phenomena were hardly coincidental.

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The Stirling of Keir archive is one of Scotland’s major collections for the study of Caribbean slavery. Scotland has been accused of forgetting or ignoring its role in slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean, as its ports had only a minor role in the triangular slave trade. Ship arrivals & sales of sugar and rum, 1788-1790, Ship arrivals & sales of sugar and rum, 1789-1793. From Scotland's capital to the west coast, cities were pumped with wealth from the slave trade in the 18th century.

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The role played by Scots in the slave trade and in its abolition has only recently been recognised. But it's often seldom discussed that famous Scottish landmarks and streets are named after wealthy slave owners and reveal a murky and shameful past. Outlander star Sam Heughan gives out phone number on social media and asks fans to text him. It was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer who shot the 17-year-old African-American teen on a visit to his father's fiancée at her townhouse in Florida. One third of Jamaican plantations were owned by Scots who kept slaves - and they had very little human rights. Former Tony Blair and John Major aide stripped of OBE for raping teen during Edinburgh Fringe. It comes as the Black Lives Matter protest planned in Glasgow this weekend were cancelled over health fears.

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* Glasgow Life is the operating name of Culture and Sport Glasgow and Culture and Sport (Trading) CIC. He used his influence to recommend delaying the abolition of the slave trade by 15 years. Keir works at Hampden, plan and elevation, n.d. Definitely not afraid to hold a mirror up to Scottish history and make the nation stare itself in the face.

A selection of documents has been digitised from one series of records (TSK 22 2).

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