“The exhibition is an important step towards a truthful telling of this story and so an understanding of both how this shaped our past and the continuing legacy it has today.” Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and Special Collections at the University of Aberdeen
Dundas was President of the Board of Control over the East India Company from 1793-1801.
Today, 7 February, Grenada celebrates its Independence Day.
On 20th of November 1695 Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, was executed and decapitated.
“The reason I am so concerned as a member of the clergy is to right the injustices of the past to inform the strategies of today and formulate new hope for the young people of tomorrow. “
“The fortunes of these real people twinkle through the centuries to us in a remarkable historical feat of research and story-telling”
“Powis Gateway is the most tangible link between the University of Aberdeen and slavery-derived wealth.” Dr Richard Anderson
“The transatlantic Slave Trade had a significant impact on Scotland as did the wealth obtained by individuals working with the East India Company (EIC), bringing back the wealth to invest in land and buildings in Scotland “
” support congregations and faith communities in their endeavours to research the historic legacy of slavery in their own areas, particularly in relation to local religious buildings. “
A time of trans-Atlantic slavery, warfare, colonial expansion and whaling.
