OUR city's links to the slave-trade have been thrust into the spotlight once again by the growing momentum of the Black Lives Matter protests. 

More than 1,000 people took to Glasgow's streets yesterday as they joined calls from around the world for justice and racial equality. 

It followed similar protests in London and across the UK, which have been sparked by growing unrest in America following the death of George Floyd. 

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Mr Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minnesota when a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. 

In Glasgow, support has grown for the renaming of streets in the city linked to the slave-trade, including Buchanan Street and Ingram Street. Scotland's trade minister, Ivan McKee, was among those to back the campaign, even calling for a George Floyd Street. Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, however, later suggested this could be another form of "erasing black history". 

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Thousands have backed an online petition for the names of merchants to be removed while anti-racism activists took to the streets last week to place new signs under the current ones. 

But, behind these high-profile examples, there are many more with links to Glasgow's slave-trade past. Using research from the University College London (UCL) we have mapped out some of the streets we walk on every day without knowing the dark past behind them. 

Glasgow Times: Activists placed new names under some of Glasgow's slave-trade linked past last week Activists placed new names under some of Glasgow's slave-trade linked past last week

Less well-known Glaswegians involved in the slave-trade include William Dobbie, a returned slave-owner who lived in Parkhead, and Henry Halket, the Firhill man who co-owned the Aurora estate in Guyana between 1817 and 1834. 

Glasgow Times: A number of deals can be traced back to people who lived in St Vincent Street A number of deals can be traced back to people who lived in St Vincent Street

Research shows thousands of pounds was traded for enslaved persons by Glaswegians throughout much of the 19th century. For instance, Andrew Bannatyne was involved in arranging compensation of more than £7,168 (approx. £170,000 in today's money) for Hope estate, in British Guiana. Hope estate held nearly 150 enslaved persons in its 1832 peak. 

Across Scotland, more than 430 addresses benefitted from the money in the slave-trade. As well as Glasgow, Edinburgh was a major benefactor but the list also includes the likes of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, and locations in Ayrshire. 

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As the researchers from the UCL's Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership note: "Each address pinpoints a slave-owner or direct beneficiary in a particular place at a specific time." 

We've created an interactive map with the locations listed by the UCL. You can find out more information about the address and occupier's past by clicking on the red dots.