Glasgow's Merchant City Built By Sugar And Tobacco Plantation Lords

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JUNE 11: A general view of the Sir Robert Peel statue, the prime minister whose father had links to the slave trade on June 11, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow and its historic ties with the transatlantic slave trade and slavery have come under scrutiny recently following the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. The Scottish city played a key role in the international slave system during the 18th and 19th centuries, when merchants and traders made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)