Prompted by this clip from Frankie Boyle (I didn't know about Glasgow before watching it)
{TWEET]https://twitter.com/WildernessPeace/status/1233513240887484419?s=20[/TWEET]
I started to think about about all the traces of slavery in the UK. In Germany you can no longer call squares after Adolf Hitler or Josef Goebbels
But we have a Codrington Library
Loads of schools and buildings named after the Beckford family.
I was particlaurly prompted by this piece by Zadie Smith- (content warning unbelievably shocking)
so who are the slave owners commemorated in your part of the world. And is there any reference to the slaves who made their fortunes?
{TWEET]https://twitter.com/WildernessPeace/status/1233513240887484419?s=20[/TWEET]
I started to think about about all the traces of slavery in the UK. In Germany you can no longer call squares after Adolf Hitler or Josef Goebbels
But we have a Codrington Library
Loads of schools and buildings named after the Beckford family.
I was particlaurly prompted by this piece by Zadie Smith- (content warning unbelievably shocking)
https://twitter.com/litfests/status/1226025377677684739?s=20so who are the slave owners commemorated in your part of the world. And is there any reference to the slaves who made their fortunes?
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