Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Durham is one of my favourite cathedrals and I never knew that.

History is full of such things alas and there are many buried far from their native soil. Certainly a plaque or memorial could be appropriate but whether the disinterring and reburial etc would be appropriate or desirable I am not convinced.

It is not always possible to correct the wrongs of history, especially after some centuries have elapsed.

I take some comfort from the fate of Cromwell's corpse at the Restoration.
I do agree with you and I think that the website also does. It is also fairly clear that Cromwell left the fate of these poor souls in the hands of others so he cannot be entirely to blame. The fascinating aspect, though, is that so many were sold as slaves and I wonder how many Americans of Scottish descent realise that they may well have slave ancestors. While it cannot compare with the scale of the dreadful trade in African slaves, it is worth noting that they were not the only ones to suffer such a fate. It is also interesting that there have never been calls for an official apology to the Scots people of the sort proferred by Tony Blair et al not so long ago - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6185176.stm.