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BBC News Published image captionSir John Cass dealt with slave agents in Africa and the Caribbean Statues of two politicians with links to the transatlantic slave trade are to be removed from central London. The City of London Corporation announced it would remove statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass from the Guildhall, in Moorgate. The decision was made by a taskforce set up by the corporation following nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. A spokeswoman called the move "an important milestone" in moving towards an "inclusive and diverse City". The corporation, which looks after t...

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Hackney Councillor Carole Williams Hackney Council has called on its predominantly African and Caribbean residents to share ideas for names to replace existing ones on public spaces named after former slave owners in the east London borough. The council has formed a community steering group of local historians, community leaders, councillors and young people who are now researching the public spaces. The series of online events, titled ‘Representing African and Caribbean Communities in Our Public Place Names’, is pitched as “an opportunity to meet the community steering group, ask ques...

O N DECEMBER 5TH a small group of people carefully removed a sign marking Cassland Road Gardens in London and laid it on the ground. Thus was one corner of the capital purged of its association with an offensive historical figure—John Cass, an early-18th-century slave trader. It was a modest event, noticed by few, which suited the organisers. “It makes more sense to do it this way,” says Toyin Agbetu, a researcher and activist. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. The other way is more spectacular. Last June a Bristol crowd inspired by the Black Lives Matte...

Historic moment for Hackney as first slave owner name removed from gardens Cassland Road Gardens was named after Sir John Cass – a politician and director of the Royal African Company making substantial profits from the enslavement of African people in the 16th and 17th centuries CHANGING TIMES: The Cassland Rd Garden removal Photo credit: Wayne Crichlow @chasingthelight_67 THE NAME of a slave owner has been removed from entrance signs to a Hackney park in the first action of Hackney Council’s review into the naming of landmarks and public spaces.  The removal of the Cassland Road Garde...