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*[[Henry Dundas]] - Update with better information on Dundas's involvement in debates over slave trade and in imperial wars. |
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*[[Frederick Douglass]] ( to include the time he spent in Edinburgh!) |
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*[[Bunce Island]][http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/slavery_business_gallery_13.shtml] - 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'. |
*[[Bunce Island]][http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/slavery_business_gallery_13.shtml] - 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'. |
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*[[James IV]] [https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/africans-at-the-court-of-james-iv]- 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. |
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*[[Bute House]][https://lbsatucl.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/bute-house-official-residence-of-the-first-minister-for-scotland/][https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2018/11/edinburghs-part-slave-trade/] - Official residence of Scottish first minister. Add information on slave-owning residents including John Innes Crawford and Sir John Sinclair. |
*[[Bute House]][https://lbsatucl.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/bute-house-official-residence-of-the-first-minister-for-scotland/][https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2018/11/edinburghs-part-slave-trade/] - Official residence of Scottish first minister. Add information on slave-owning residents including John Innes Crawford and Sir John Sinclair. |
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*[[Malvina Wells]][https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2018/11/edinburghs-part-slave-trade/] - 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). |
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Revision as of 13:40, 11 April 2022
Worklist
Articles to create
- William Fergusson (governor of Sierra Leone)[1] - First known black student at University of Edinburgh, born Jamaica, only black governor of Sierra Leone. - STARTED User:SCDStudentExp/sandbox2
- 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.
- Peter Grant Peterkin [1][2] - Command of the Guard at Delhi Palace, Lieut.-Col.
- George Baillie [1] [3] [4] [5]- Scottish slave trader, related to James Baillie and Evan Baillie.
Articles to edit
- 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'.
- Bute House[11][12] - Official residence of Scottish first minister. Add information on slave-owning residents including John Innes Crawford and Sir John Sinclair.
- ^ a b Alston, David (2021). Slaves and Highlanders. Edinburgh University Press.
- ^ "UCL: Legacies of British Slavery".
- ^ "Slaves and Highlanders".
- ^ "UCL: Legacies of British Slavery".
- ^ Draper, Nick. "The City of London and Slavery: Evidence from the First Dock Companies, 1795-1800". The Economic History Review.