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5:00 PM February 22, 2021
  
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The Cassland Gardens sign was removed on December 5, 2020 and can now be viewed in Hackney museum as an educational artifact.
- Credit: Wayne Crichlow
Hackney people are being invited to help rename a green space in their borough by voting for one of four shortlisted choices. 
The former Cassland Road Gardens was named after Sir John Cass, director of the Royal African Company, who profited from the transatlantic slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The change comes as part of Hackney Council s Review, Rename, Reclaim project, which aims to ensure the names of public spaces reflect Hackney s diversity. ....

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