Breaking the Chains Dundee Walking Trail

That the Parliament welcomes the Breaking the Chains Dundee map and city walking trail, which is co-authored by Matthew Jarron and Erin Farley following actions by Dundee City Council's Black History Working Group and the Woven Together Project; notes that the trail includes 28 locations related to slavery and to the anti-slavery movement, including buildings, statues and gravestones; understands that Dundee linen was used as clothing for enslaved people in both the United States and the Caribbean; acknowledges what it sees as the role of Dundee and other Scottish towns and cities in facilitating and profiting from slavery; welcomes the inclusion in the trail of the former Bell Street UP Church, where, it understands, Frederick Douglass delivered a celebrated speech in 1846 and other formerly enslaved people including Ellen and William Craft also gave talks; notes the role of campaigners including George and Margaret Gilfillan and the Dundee Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Association in raising awareness of the realities of slavery and also funds to support fugitive enslaved people in Canada; acknowledges what it sees as the toxic legacy of colonialism and slavery, including climate injustice, and recognises what it believes to be Scotland’s continued responsibility to engage in reparative actions for its role in these historic and contemporary harms.