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Donald Turvill

Edinburgh plan to remove Melville Monument slavery plaque approved as family say its 'hurtful'

Plans have been approved to remove a slavery information plaque under Edinburgh's Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas after a battle from his descendants to get rid of it.

The brass plate, which was added following Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations claimed delays to abolition advocated by the politician resulted in "more than half a million enslaved Africans crossing the Atlantic."

A group which includes members of the Dundas family said the plaque's wording is "cartoonishly inaccurate" and added it was "hurtful to our family."

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