Traces of Empire
Working with community groups, this exhibition explores their experiences of the legacies of empire in Scotland, looking for ways forward and finding space to tell their stories.
Co-curated by four community groups, this exhibition looks at how we can explore imperial histories, represent different voices and offer collective healing. Grounded in the lived experience of different communities, it tells the stories they are impacted by. Touching upon a breadth of themes including cotton, belonging, language, reclaiming past and future narratives, and healing. The exhibition looks to understand some of the legacies of empire still experienced today and explores how we might move forward together.
Dates
Performances on 11/26/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Wednesday 26 November 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 11/27/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Thursday 27 November 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 11/28/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Friday 28 November 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 11/29/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Saturday 29 November 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 11/30/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Sunday 30 November 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/1/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Monday 1 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/2/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Tuesday 2 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/3/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Wednesday 3 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/4/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Thursday 4 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/5/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Friday 5 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/6/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Saturday 6 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/7/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Sunday 7 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/8/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Monday 8 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/9/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Tuesday 9 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/10/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Wednesday 10 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/11/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Thursday 11 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/12/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Friday 12 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/13/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Saturday 13 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/14/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Sunday 14 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/15/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Monday 15 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/16/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Tuesday 16 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/17/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Wednesday 17 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/18/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Thursday 18 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/19/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Friday 19 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/20/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Saturday 20 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/21/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Sunday 21 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/22/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Monday 22 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/23/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Tuesday 23 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/24/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 26th November 2025 at 10:00 until 24th December 2025
Wednesday 24 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/27/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 27th December 2025 at 10:00 until 31st December 2025
Saturday 27 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/28/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 27th December 2025 at 10:00 until 31st December 2025
Sunday 28 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/29/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 27th December 2025 at 10:00 until 31st December 2025
Monday 29 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/30/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 27th December 2025 at 10:00 until 31st December 2025
Tuesday 30 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 27th December 2025 at 10:00 until 31st December 2025
Wednesday 31 December 2025 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/3/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Saturday 3 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/4/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Sunday 4 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/5/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Monday 5 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/6/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Tuesday 6 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/7/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Wednesday 7 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/8/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Thursday 8 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsPerformances on 1/9/2026 12:00:00 AM
Daily starting on 3rd January 2026 at 10:00 until 9th January 2026
Friday 9 January 2026 10:00AM to 4:00PM
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Blackness Castle, Nr Linlithgow, Blackness, EH49 7NH
Last entry 3.15pm.
Content Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
Included in admission price
Book admission ticketsContent Warning: This exhibition contains references to racism, war, experiences of forced migration and chattel slavery. Key decisions have been made by communities of lived or ancestral experience, shaping the way these references are framed.
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