British statesman and abolitionist Edmund Burke, widely regarded as one of the fathers of conservatism, has been added to a BLM-inspired list of infamy for historical figures allegedly linked to the slave trade by British parliamentarians.
Despite never having owned a slave and his strong opposition to the barbaric practice, statues and portraits of Edmund Burke are currently being evaluated for possible removal from the Palace of Westminster by a group of lawmakers tasked with reviewing the building’s artworks to see if they meet the requirements. with awakened progressive standards.
According to a report from London TimesThe father of conservatism was quoted in a survey of “supporters of slavery”. [or] He had financial or family interests in the transatlantic slave trade and slavery because of his brother, who profited from slave plantations in the Caribbean”. However, there is no suggestion that Burke himself benefited.
Launched with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in America, the review aims to make Parliament’s art collection “more representative of diversity”. The cross-party review is led by Speaker of the House Sir Lindsey Hoyle’s Artworks Advisory Committee in the House of Commons, chaired by Conservative MP Dean Russell.
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Richard Burke, professor of political thought at King’s College Cambridge, called the list “nonsense”.
“Burke’s support of the slave trade is absolutely ridiculous. He has been criticizing slavery since the first footage recorded. He found it disgusting,” he said. Telegram.
“It is quite difficult to be an abolitionist. He supported the immediate abolition of the death penalty in the late 1780s, but later abandoned it during the French Revolution. He thought that the moment was not right.
“Burke was against slavery in general, but not against its complete abolition. Before it was abolished, he proposed to reduce the barbarism of trade. These complexities have led some commentators to conclude that he is a proponent of trade reform because he has a plan. Ideology knows no borders,” he said.
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Burke also campaigned for the dismissal of Bengal governor Warren Hastings for colonial injustices under his leadership.
An Irish-born British statesman who served as a Whig in Parliament from 1766, the writings of Burke became central to political conservatism, particularly in the United States. Expressing his sympathy for the American Revolution, Burke is perhaps best known for his 1790 pamphlet. Reflections on the French Revolution.who correctly predicted that the left revolution would fall into a bloody tyranny.
British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill lauded Burke as a man admired by conservatives, he wrote in his 1932 essay. Consistency in politics Burke was “the first apostle of freedom and, on the other hand, a formidable defender of power”.
“His spirit rebelled against tyranny, whether in the guise of a powerful ruler and a corrupt court and parliamentary system, or as he chanted the slogans of an unemancipated, tyrannical crowd and an evil sect that rebelled against him under dictation. ”
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