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The Independent3y
Primary school changes name due to links to plantation owner
The governors of West Hampstead Primary School in Camden, formerly Beckford Primary School, agreed to strip the school of its links to a plantation owner who used thousands of slaves. In the wake ...
London Evening Standard4y
Beckford Primary school to drop name of slave owner following campaign supported by former pupil Dame Emma Thompson
Beckford Primary School in West Hampstead is currently named after William Beckford, a politician and former Lord Mayor of London who owned an estate in Jamaica with more than 3,000 slaves.
CNN6y
A history of Kim Kardashian West’s clapbacks after Tyson Beckford controversy
That’s what some on social media are debating after Kim Kardashian West clapped back at a post from model Tyson Beckford Tuesday. It began after gossip site The Shade Room posted a photo on ...
The Independent3y
Primary school changes name due to links to plantation owner
The governors of West Hampstead Primary School in Camden, formerly Beckford Primary School, agreed to strip the school of its links to a plantation owner who used thousands of slaves. In the wake ...