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'.
