A SCOTTISH university has revealed the connections of its 18th-century antecedent institution to the profits of slavery in a new report ...
Professor John Anderson partially founded Strathclyde University’s predecessor via a bequest in his will but additional money came from Glasgow merchants
It also found that the institution was gifted monies probably derived from the profits of slavery. It was unable to establish an exact sum, but donations from slavery-derived income are believed to have constituted a small but important part of the nascent institution’s finances. The research, carried out by historian Professor Richard Finlay from Strathclyde’s humanities department, identifies individuals in the university’s past with links to slavery who donated money or played a significant role in the institution’s governance.
Report author Finlay said: “Anderson’s Institution was founded in a city that was still sucking in the profits from slavery. McDonald said: “This important report has revealed that in our early history, our antecedent institution was a beneficiary of money that was derived from business profits involving slavery, and that some of its governors, trustees and donors were enablers, supporters and profiteers of slavery.
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