The Antiques Roadshow does decolonisation

BBC1 ' s Antiques Roadshow is usually on, although I often don ' t watch it as such.  Last night (3rd April)  I did, and there were two items that are actual practical examples of decolonisation, which show how you can look at existing British history from a new viewpoint.The programme was fromCulzean Castle in Ayrshire.  If you are not familiar with it, members of the public take along an antique or collectible that they have, and someone expert with that sort of art or craft talks about it, and values it.  The programme visits different venues.  That is relevant to example 1, the format of the programme is relevant to example 2.Example 1In the castle there is a list of the names of servants.  The first name, from the 1740s, was Scipio Kennedy.  This is the story as recounted in the programme.Scipio Kennedy was a slave.  He had been taken from west Africa to the Caribbean at the age of 6.  At the age of 8 he had been bought by the owner of the castle and brought to Scotland.   At the age of 30 he was freed.  He married a local woman, they had a family, and the family prospered enough to be able to afford a grave and headstone for Scipio when he died at the age of 80.The thing that struck me immediately about that was that he was freed AT THE AGE OF 30.   Does that mean he was a slave, on Scottish soil, for 22 years?Links between slavery and large " stately homes " has been ver...
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