It’s a landscape of majestic fells, mesmerising lakes and breathtaking views. But what also makes the Lake District such an enticing place to visit are the villages dotted throughout this national park.
15.03.2022 - 18:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The institutions that went on to become the University of Manchester received donations from donors with connections to slavery, a report has revealed.
The university published it's initial findings into its historic links with slavery yesterday (March 14), in response to the 'Race Matters' report which was created in conjunction with staff and student representatives. It reveals several well-known donors to the university, such as William Gladstone, John Owens, and John Rylands, gained some of their wealth from industries that exploited slavery.
Written by Dr Natalie Zacek, Senior Lecturer in American Studies and Professor Nalin Thakkar, Vice-President for Social Responsibility, the paper outlines that the 'historical funding of institutions around the world, especially from wealth generated from enslaved peoples of African descent, has been the focus of increased popular and scholarly attention'.
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Prevalent examples of this include well documented debates around the Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Oxford and Edward Colston statue in Bristol which was famously toppled and thrown into the harbour in June 2020.
Rhodes was a significant British imperialist who played a dominant role in southern Africa in the late 19th Century and Edward Colston, while a philanthropist, was also a slave trader.
It highlights that while universities were organisations that sought to 'make positive contributions to society', they received wealth 'produced by the labour of enslaved peoples of African heritage'. Now many universities are beginning to 'investigate the origins of the funds they received' and whether that may have been
It’s a landscape of majestic fells, mesmerising lakes and breathtaking views. But what also makes the Lake District such an enticing place to visit are the villages dotted throughout this national park.
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