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Slavery and Colonial LegacyQR Code on Fox Street
Proposal code: GlasgowCommunityChoices-2023-05-3
QR Code should be displayed on Fox Street which links to information on Charles James Fox, specifically his role in supporting the abolition of slavery.
QR code should be displayed on Fox Street which links to information on Charles James Fox.
Fox Street was named after Whig politician Charles James Fox (1749 – 1806), a parliamentary campaigner who supported abolition in the 1790s.164 Fox was a close ally of William Wilberforce and was widely recognised for his parliamentary efforts. At a meeting on 5 April 1792, the ‘London Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade’ thanked William Wilberforce, William Pitt and Charles James Fox for their parliamentary contributions - although abolition was not enacted until 1807.
Abolitionists are and should be commemorated in Glasgow.
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Glasgow, Slavery and Atlantic Commerce: An Audit of Historic Connections and Modern Legacies
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If a third sector organisation or private business wishes to do this (with ZERO financial support from GCC) then they are welcome to however under absolutely no circumstances whatsoever should GCC waste a single penny of tax payers money on this divisive and wholly unnecessary project.
The people of Glasgow have far more serious, real world problems that need attention rather this this attempt to drag up 200 year old racial issues which no one alive today has any involvement. This is nothing more than an attempt by those who stand to gain personally (whether politically or financially) to stir up racial division and animosity.