{"id":39301,"date":"2022-06-28T19:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/06\/28\/clare-college-cambridge-changes-colony-name-over-slavery-connotation\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:27:04","slug":"clare-college-cambridge-changes-colony-name-over-slavery-connotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/06\/28\/clare-college-cambridge-changes-colony-name-over-slavery-connotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare College Cambridge changes ‘colony’ name over slavery connotation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Part of a Cambridge University college known for decades as The Colony has been renamed because it “had connotations that do not reflect the college’s values,” a spokesman said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Accommodation at Clare College was “rebranded as Castle Court”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The college said it had “become increasingly clear that the informal name for the site” was not appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A number of other Cambridge colleges have made changes due to links or perceived links to slavery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Student accommodation – The Colony, now Castle Court – is situated between Castle Street and Chesterton Lane in Cambridge. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Clare College spokesman said: “It was becoming increasingly clear that the informal name for the site between Chesterton Lane and Castle Street has connotations that do not reflect the College’s values. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The site will therefore be renamed Castle Court.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Other Cambridge University colleges have changed or attempted to make changes to names or items with links to the slave trade and colonialism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Recently, Jesus College failed in its attempt to move a memorial to a benefactor who invested in the slave trade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But last year the same college made headlines when it returned Nigerian officials a looted bronze rooster that had been captured by British colonial troops in 1897 and given to the college in 1905.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2019, St Catharine’s College removed a historic bell from view over fears it had links to the slave trade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Demerara Bell was donated by a former student who went on to work for a sugar company in British Guiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Also in 2019, Cambridge University launched its own investigation into its historical links to slavery to explore how it may have gained financially.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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