Plaque to change attitudes to racism

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Plaque to change attitudes to racism

A Jamaican professor’s campaign to erect a plaque exposing Henry Dundas’ involvement in the transatlantic slave trade has received approval by the Edinburgh Council in Scotland. Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a retired professor at Heriot-Watt University,...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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