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Donald Turvill

Edinburgh to apologise for slave trade suffering - but statues won't be removed

An apology will be issued to all who suffered as a result of Edinburgh's role in the slave trade by the council after it agreed to act on recommendations set out in a review of the city's colonial past.

Statues, monuments and street names associated with slavery and colonialism will also to be looked at, but not removed, with an agreement to 're-present' plaques which explain historical context.

Among the street names, statues and monuments highlighted as problematic are the First Minister's official residence in Charlotte Square, of which three historic owners "directly benefited from Atlantic slavery," the report stated.

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