In partnership with Churches in Africa and the Caribbean, the URC is exploring how the legacy of Trans-Atlantic Slavery shapes our lives and world today. There are resources and information from the URC available here.
In 2023 at our General Assembly we offered a ‘Confession and Apology’ acknowledging the role played by our forebears in transatlantic slavery and our failure to dismantle the continuing legacies which blight our world today. The URC is committed to being an Anti-Racist Church and to seek to be changed and to bring change in the world to establish God’s Realm of Justice and Joy for all.
AUC Peace and Justice Ministry Team – LoS Book Group
In Autumn 2024 Book Group continued to explore the Legacies of Slavery, discussing Emma Dabiri’s book ‘What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition.
We have worked in partnership with the Edinburgh Caribbean Association who also have offered a book list to explore an understanding of the Legacy of Transatlantic Slavery:
- Akala: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
- Emma Dabiri: What White People Can Do Next
- Alex Renton: Blood Legacy
- Alex Wheatle: Cane Warriors
- Kojo Karam: Uncommon Wealth
- Marika Sherwood: After Abolition
- Hilary Beckles: Britain’s Black Debt
- David Alston: Slaves and Highlanders
- C. Hall: Legacies of Slave Ownership
- T.M. Devine: Recovering Scotland’s Slavery Past