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The academic behind the National Trust s Woke review to identify properties with links to colonialism today astonishingly accused the government of  weaponising history by trying to stop Left-wing academics denigrating Britain s past. 
The study, which blacklisted - among others - the Lake District home of avid anti-slaver William Wordsworth because his brother was involved in the trade, was accused of re-writing history after assembling a team of left-wing and politically biased experts.
Its leader, Professor Corinne Fowler, spoke today as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden prepared to use a meeting with 25 heritage organisations to urge them to adopt a rounded view of Britain s past that does not focus excessively on the empire.  ....

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