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Cambridge college spent £120,000 on Rustat memorial case

A Cambridge college spent £120,000 attempting to remove a memorial linked to the slave trade from its chapel. Jesus College fought the Church of England in a consistory court case in February to remove the memorial to an alternative space but ...

14 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Tobias Rustat memorial will not be removed from Cambridge college chapel

A memorial plaque to a man who funded the slave trade in the chapel of a Cambridge college will not be removed as the campaign to take it down was based on a “false narrative”, it has been announced. The plaque to Tobias Rustat, who invested ...

23 Mar 2022 at 13:25

College changes name of China centre following transparency criticism

A Cambridge college will rename its China Centre and adopt more transparency over its funding, it was announced on Tuesday. The centre, set up in 2016 at Jesus College Cambridge, was reviewed by a panel of the college’s academics in 2021 ...

31 May 2022 at 16:07

Cambridge college ‘let down by Church’ over Rustat judgment

Students and members of a Cambridge college which was refused permission to remove a memorial to a slave trade investor say they feel “let down” by the Church. In March, the Diocese of Ely decided that a memorial to Tobias Rustat, a ...

12 Apr 2022 at 10:55

Cambridge University hearing is asked where slavery is condemned in gospels

A lawyer opposing the removal of a Cambridge University memorial to a man who invested in slave trading companies has asked: “Where in the gospels is slavery condemned?” An ecclesiastical court hearing is being held to determine ...

02 Feb 2022 at 17:26

Rustat hearing is asked where slavery is condemned in gospels

Where in the gospels is slavery actually condemned? That was the question asked during a church court hearing being held to determine whether a University of Cambridge college should remove a memorial to a slave trader. An ...

02 Feb 2022 at 16:34

Court to hear dispute over future of memorial to Cambridge college benefactor

An ecclesiastical court is to hear a dispute over whether a memorial to a 17th Century benefactor who invested in slave-trading companies can be moved from the chapel of a Cambridge University college. Tobias Rustat, who ...

24 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Cambridge slavery memorial defender calls for ‘quiet, rational’ discussion

A Cambridge college alumnus said it was “very sad” that the master and current students felt uncomfortable entering the college chapel thanks to a memorial to a man who invested in slave trading companies. But he said ...

03 Feb 2022 at 14:27

Bid to move memorial ‘like trying to get rid of elderly, unpopular relative’

Efforts to remove a memorial to a man who invested in slave-trading companies from a Cambridge University college chapel have been likened to trying to “get rid of an elderly and unpopular relative”. Moving the ...

04 Feb 2022 at 15:26

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