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*[[William Fergusson (governor of Sierra Leone)]][http://uncover-ed.org/1809-william-fergusson/] - First known black student at University of Edinburgh, born Jamaica, only black governor of Sierra Leone. |
*[[William Fergusson (governor of Sierra Leone)]][http://uncover-ed.org/1809-william-fergusson/] - First known black student at University of Edinburgh, born Jamaica, only black governor of Sierra Leone. |
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*[[Jesse Ewing Glasgow]][http://uncover-ed.org/jesse-ewing-glasgow-jr/][https://exhibits.library.villanova.edu/institute-colored-youth/graduates/jesse-ewing-glasgow-jr] - Philadelphia born African American intellectual, student at UoE 1858-60, author of pamphlet on John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid. Died young, while still a student at Ed. |
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**{{find sources|Jesse Ewing Glasgow}} |
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*[[Lothian Black Forum]] [https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/fighting-denial-the-lothian-black-forum-and-anti-racist-protests-in-edinburgh-1989-1992/]- Anti-racist organisation active in Edinburgh 1989-92. |
*[[Lothian Black Forum]] [https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/fighting-denial-the-lothian-black-forum-and-anti-racist-protests-in-edinburgh-1989-1992/]- Anti-racist organisation active in Edinburgh 1989-92. |
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**{{find sources|Lothian Black Forum}} |
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*[[Axmed Abuukar Sheekh]][https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/fighting-denial-the-lothian-black-forum-and-anti-racist-protests-in-edinburgh-1989-1992/][https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000n5w5] - Somali student killed by fascists in Edinburgh, 1989. |
*[[Axmed Abuukar Sheekh]][https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/fighting-denial-the-lothian-black-forum-and-anti-racist-protests-in-edinburgh-1989-1992/][https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000n5w5] - Somali student killed by fascists in Edinburgh, 1989. |
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**{{find sources|Axmed Abuukar Sheekh}} |
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*[[Seetsele Modiri Molema]][https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH24165&type=P][https://www.jstor.org/stable/823312?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents][https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-silas-modiri-molema] - Studied medicine at Glasgow Uni graduating 1919, President African Races Association Glasgow, secretary of African National Congress (South Africa) 1949. |
*[[Seetsele Modiri Molema]][https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH24165&type=P][https://www.jstor.org/stable/823312?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents][https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-silas-modiri-molema] - Studied medicine at Glasgow Uni graduating 1919, President African Races Association Glasgow, secretary of African National Congress (South Africa) 1949. |
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**{{find sources|Seetsele Modiri Molema}} |
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Revision as of 14:11, 28 March 2022
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- William Fergusson (governor of Sierra Leone)[1] - First known black student at University of Edinburgh, born Jamaica, only black governor of Sierra Leone.
- Lothian Black Forum [2]- Anti-racist organisation active in Edinburgh 1989-92.
- Axmed Abuukar Sheekh[3][4] - Somali student killed by fascists in Edinburgh, 1989.
- Seetsele Modiri Molema[5][6][7] - Studied medicine at Glasgow Uni graduating 1919, President African Races Association Glasgow, secretary of African National Congress (South Africa) 1949.
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- Henry Dundas - Update with better information on Dundas's involvement in debates over slave trade and in imperial wars.
- Frederick Douglass ( to include the time he spent in Edinburgh!)
- William Wright [8][9]- Doctor and botanist, born Crieff, Perthshire, trained at U of E, spent 13 years in Jamaica, fellow of Royal Society Edinburgh, owned sugar plantation and enslaved people.
- Bunce Island[10] - Island in Sierra Leone, with significnat role in slave trade. Currently no mention that the 'London-based firm' of Grant, Oswald and Co which took it over in 1748 had strong Scttish connections, or the significance role of Scots working there. NB also spelled 'Bance Island'.
- James IV [11]- No mention of the significant presence of Africans at the court of James IV (King of Scotland 1488-1513). At least 5 black people lived at court.
- Bute House[12][13] - Official residence of Scottish first minister. Add information on slave-owning residents including John Innes Crawford and Sir John Sinclair.
- Malvina Wells[14] - Add reference to her entry in New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women and check for any further information (but entry is relatively complete already given how little is known).