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Dear Editor: 'Loyal slaves' sign removed from House of Count de Lopinot


“[…] No forced-labour camp in Trinidad and Tobago or anywhere in the world should celebrate enslavers while ridiculing their victims. What prevailed at Lopinot was not just inconsistent with basic human decency and the espoused values of our republic but also with the truth that the historical evidence supports …”
The following Letter to the Editor about the removal of the sign at the House of Compte de Lopinot was submitted to Wired868 by Shabaka Khabon of the Cross Rhodes Freedom Project:
Photo: A controversial signpost at the Compte de Lopinot Historical Complex.
The shamefully misleading, unhistorical and psychologically damaging signpost, which had for decades engendered reverence for Count de Lopinot and his wife has been removed. The sign described the enslavers as ‘illustrious’ while demeaning the persons whom they trafficked and worked to death as ‘loyal slaves’. ....

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