Slavery

The sugar sheds in James Watt Dock, Greenock, in 2018

MSP calls for firms linked to slavery to help pay for a human rights museum in Greenock

July 12, 2020

James Watt (1736-1819)

James Watt’s family: Removing his statues because his legacy is tainted by slavery only airbrushes the past. We must learn from it

June 28, 2020

Glasgow University renamed its engineering school after James Watt

Glasgow University must reconsider tribute to slavery-linked James Watt, says former rector Aamer Anwar

June 21, 2020

Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Susan Aitken and Stephen Mullen at the launch of the study at Glasgow City Chambers in October last year

Coronavirus crisis delays review of Glasgow’s links to slavery

June 14, 2020

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What was Britain’s involvement in the slave trade?

June 11, 2020

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Police investigate after protesters pull down statue of slave trader

June 7, 2020

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Protesters pull down statue of slave trader and push it into harbour

June 7, 2020

Dr Stephen Mullen will research the funding the city received from the slave trade

How the Second City of the Empire was built on the backs of slaves: Civic leaders reveal investigation

November 11, 2019

A woman holds a passport photo of lost daughter. An image. A name. A memory. A photograph is often the only thing families have left of their lost daughters..

The secret slaves of Scotland: Experts warn rising epidemic of human trafficking now scars every village, town and city

October 20, 2019

Trebisov, Slovakia, where the victim lived

I was sold as a slave for £3500… in Scotland: Victim of barbaric human traffickers reveals ordeal

October 13, 2019

Paul G, playing the title role in ‘Henry Box Brown,’ enacts the moment he felt his neck break while being transported in a mailed box to escape slavery.

Boxing clever: Fringe play hails brave slave who sent himself to freedom in a crate

June 23, 2019