AN AMERICAN school named after an East Lothian-born minister with links to the slave trade has had its name changed following a petition. The John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton, New Jersey, was named after the Rev Dr John Witherspoon, one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was born in Gifford manse in 1723 – son of the Rev James Alexander Witherspoon, the then minister at Yester Kirk who is buried there. John served as a minister himself in North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire and emigrated to New Jersey in 1768; he also became president of Princeton University. ...