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Penny Lane-made character unrecognizable in Liverpool, over the slavery claims

Jun 12,2020 5:00 pm

The traffic signs overnight on Thursday

traffic signs on Penny Lane in Liverpool were defaced on the claims that you the slave are connected-merchant James Penny, were attacked on Penny Lane .

The Marker had The Word Penny passed out, and The Word is racist, the top of the night written on Thursday.

The City is not International said Slavery Museum, it was safe, whether The Street , which was immortalized in the song by The Beatles in 1967, named after the 18Th Century slave-trader.

A spokeswoman said: "further research is needed" to clarify, the name of the origin.

City Tour Guide Jackie Spencer, the Blue runs-Badge tourist guide, who said she was "absolutely furious".

"It's pure ignorance," She Said .

"We have researched and it has nothing to do with slavery. James Penny was a Slave Trader , but he had nothing to do with the Penny Lane Area . "

Liverpool International Slavery Museum, said The Link to James Penny was "not conclusive"

Liverpool City Council was for "not doing enough" to recognize The City 's links with slavery.

Mr Westgaph said he understood the measures, but added the residents should "talk to The Council and request that certain things have been changed years ago".

The City 's mayor, Joe Anderson , said he was frustrated "" of the "blemish of our road-signs".

"[It] is nothing more advance The Argument and The Debate around Black Lives matter here in Liverpool," He Said .

"It's not only about the artifacts and names of the streets, but it is also about how we can change the basic things that cause deprivation and inequality within our city. "

- Who's James Penny was?

source:

Liverpool in Europe, the most used " slave-port of 1740 and many of its streets.

But, The International Slavery Museum, the Penny Lane in its display of street names associated with slavery, said, The Evidence , Penny Lane , James Penny, was "not conclusive".

"We Are active in conducting research on this question, and will be a reassessment of our view and modify, if necessary," a spokeswoman added.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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