By 1817, 32% of Jamaican plantations were owned by Scots. Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist, and always available for freelance work. He added: "Why do we still have statues up of slave owners? Sir Geoff has previously argued that Edinburgh's economic transformation at the end of the 18th Century was a result of slave ownership and that Scotland had a higher share of the trade by population than England or most European countries. Activists replaced the names of tobacco merchants and slave trade owners in favour of black campaigners, slaves and those who died in police custody.
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He previously called for a plaque under Edinburgh's Melville Monument, which honours slave owner Henry Dundas.

"You may take street names away but we have difficulty convincing people about the past.

However he said the question over whether to remove the landmarks that point to a dark past was a decision for councils.

We have already interviewed Sir Geoff about the slave trade in Edinburgh and the fact th… Removing it is very tricky because we are altering history.".

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"Was it because we were so guilty because we did nothing about the representation of black people in our society? We have already interviewed Sir Geoff about the slave trade in Edinburgh and the fact that there is evidence of it all around us here in the capital.

Scotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf told Good Morning Scotland his view was that abolitionists and anti-racism campaigners should be celebrated through monuments.

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