the University is committing further financial support to the Black Cantabs Research Society, to enable the collection, curation, digitisation and publication of records on the history of Black graduates at Cambridge.' He added that the institution that: 'Recognising the link between education, research and representation.
The Company had complete control of Britain's slave trade, as well as its gold and Ivory business, with Africa and the forts on the coast of west Africa.Ī contemporary of Rustat was Edward Colston, who became Deputy Governor of the Royal African Company.
Rustat accumulated his wealth during his career as a courtier - but also invested in several trading companies, including the Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading into Africa - commonly known as the Royal African Company (RAC). Mr Toope said that Cambridge University will 'install an explanatory plaque that identifies and contextualises statues of individuals, including Tobias Rustat, which housed in the Old Schools' internal courtyard'. Jesus College had campaigned to remove a memorial plaque to Tobias Rustat, a college benefactor and investor in the slave trade, from its chapel. Jesus College had campaigned to remove a memorial plaque to Tobias Rustat, a college benefactor and investor in the slave trade, from its chapel
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