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Churches march to mark ‘regret’ over slavery
Scottish church leaders and politicians will mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade by retracing the steps an illegitimate son took to confront his father, a Scots slavemaster. Action of Churches Together in Scotland (Acts), which unites nine denominations, has asked its members to express their "regret" at Scotland's role in slavery on March 25 by walking from Musselburgh town centre to Inveresk Lodge, once home to Jamaican plantation owner James Wedderburn.Wedderburn, who with his brother John amassed a fortune in Jamaica before returning home, notoriously fathered a string of illegitimate children while abroad, including Robert, whose mother was Wedderburn's slave Rosanna and who was threatened with jail when he came to Inveresk Lodge in 1779.
Full story at Scotland on Sunday.
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