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Edinburgh formally apologises for the 'role of its forefathers in colonialism and slavery'

Lord Provost Robert Aldridge opened a meeting of the City of Edinburgh Council today by apologising on behalf of the city for its past role in sustaining slavery and colonialism. ....

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Ken Currie: Chunnacas na mairbh beo (The Dead Have Been Seen Alive) ....

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Edinburgh will issue public apology for slavery after report into city's links with colonialism

Edinburgh council said on Tuesday that it will issue a public apology to all those who have suffered as a result of the city s historic role in the slave trade and colonialism ....

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Edinburgh plans to APOLOGISE for its involvement in slave trade

Academic Sir Geoff Palmer said Edinburgh should issue an apology for the city s historic links to slavery and colonialism. ....

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Nicola Sturgeon's official residence Bute House is dubbed a site of 'historic racial injustice'

Nicola Sturgeon s official residence has been dubbed a building of historic racial injustice by a council review of controversial landmarks in Edinburgh.
The home of the First Minister of Scotland was one of several buildings highlighted by the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group, lead by Scotland s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer, 80.
The review - launched by the city s SNP and Labour council coalition - has vowed to rectify the glorification of slavery in the city and would consider the removal of statues , The Daily Telegraph reports.
Bute House was formerly occupied by Jamaican sugar plantation owner John Innes Crawford. ....

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