Civil rights campaigners are calling for one of Scotland’s tallest statues to be removed as it ‘glorifies’ the country’s role in the slave trade.The 150-foot high Melville Monument was erected in 1821 in memory of the First Viscount Melville, Henry Dundas - who is best known for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792.Dundas, who was Home Secretary at the time, believed that slavery should be abolished gradually in three stages over a decade, which many historians say cost thousands of lives.The man nicknamed as “the Great Tyrant” was later impeached for the misappropriation of public money in 1806.His large statue continues to tower in St Andrew’s Square over Edinburgh city centre almost 200 years after it was first constructed.The.
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