THE BIG READ: Final resting place of 'father of capitalism' Adam Smith has resurrected Scottish slavery debate
THE BIG READ: Final resting place of 'father of capitalism' Adam Smith has resurrected Scottish slavery debate PREMIUM THE BIG READ: Final resting place of 'father of capitalism' Adam Smith has resurrected Scottish slavery debate He is the most famous economist who ever lived, so the inclusion of Smith’s gravesite on an Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group list has not gone down well with historians such as Sir Tom Devine It doesn’t look controversial at first. But look a little bit closer. In places, the words are hard to read – they’re a bit faded after a couple o...