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The West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund in the press
Since being founded, the West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund project has been featured in a number of UK and international news publications and media outlets.
We are pleased to showcase some of the notable mentions that the fund has attracted below.
Song: How British Navy fought slavery
YouTube
11/08/2024
"The most expensive moral action ever undertaken" - Penny Mordaunt on the West Africa Squadron
GB News
30/01/2024
Royal Navy: Memorial plan for the West Africa Squadron backed by Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt
Portsmouth News
08/01/2024
Let's build a memorial to the Navy's slave trade busters, says Penny Mordaunt, who warns truth is in danger of being lost forever
Daily Mail
05/01/2024
How a narrative of black victimhood and white guilt has torpedoed a tribute to one of the noblest episodes in our history, says Professor Nigel Biggar
Daily Mail
31/05/2024
Trading in Falsehoods
The Spectator
06/04/2024
Britain has less to apologise for on slavery than any other nation on Earth
The Telegraph
12/03/2024
How the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron freed 150,000 slaves, righting a wrong that lasted almost two centuries
Daily Mail
27/01/2024
Defence chief backs calls to build new memorial honouring the Navy's slave trade busters
Daily Mail
06/01/2024
Schools must teach children about heroes who stopped slavery, campaigners tell Education Secretary
The Telegraph
14/02/2024
After 157 years Portsmouth have a memorial to West Africa Squadron
St. Helena Independent
11/01/2024
Lord Ashcroft pledges £25k for memorial to Navy slave trade busters
Daily Mail
06/01/2024
Calls for West Africa Squadron memorial to be built in Portsmouth to honour fallen sailors who freed slaves
Portsmouth News
04/10/2023
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