Modern Slavery – can NI’s history of activism shake off its long history of slavery?

A conference organised by the Law Centre NI to examine Eradicating Modern Slavery in Northern Ireland was held in Belfast today. The full audio is embedded below. The Law Centre’s director Glenn Jordan opened proceedings by telling delegates that “this is not simply a matter for legislators alone but for the whole of civic society”. Glenn noted that many Northern Irish merchants and citizens who “benefited from the existence of the slave trade” in the past. One Larne man owned …

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