Calls have been made for a Museum of Empire and Slavery to recognise Glasgow’s major role in British imperialism.
Known as “the second city of the Empire”, Glasgow and was a major trade route for sugar, cotton, and tobacco, as well as a shipbuilding hub.
Cities such as Edinburgh and Bristol have committed to formally acknowledging their roles in slavery. Mr Rennie said: “The time is ripe for an honest reappraisal of the role of Scots and Scotland in the colonial projects. “While I am sure SNP ministers are keen for us to learn from our history so that it is not allowed to repeat itself, there is a certain strain of online nationalist mythologist desperate to pretend that colonialism was a uniquely English project which did not extend north of the border.
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