Edinburgh to Apologise for Role in Slave Trade
In another attack on our history, recommendations from the “Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review” chaired by Jamaican-born Sir Geoff Palmer have been accepted by Edinburgh Council.
As well as an official public apology, a working group will also ensure other recommendations are carried out. These include “re-framing” the city’s monuments with plaques dedicating them to the slave trade, “teaching and learning materials” designed for our schoolchildren and encouragement for further funding into research linking Edinburgh with the Atlantic slave trade.
This is a group chaired by a foreigner who has been given the power to “re-present” our history to us, both on our monuments and in our schools. This isn’t really about the Atlantic slave trade, because if it was, it would be about celebrating our leading role in putting an end to it. It’s really about the demoralisation of our people and the constant push to guilt us into accepting our own replacement.
