FILE PHOTO: The city centre is viewed from Calton Hill Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain February 15, 2019.REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -The University of Edinburgh benefited financially from transatlantic slavery and served as a haven for scholars developing racist theories in the 18th and 19th centuries, a review has found.
The review, commissioned in 2021 and published on Sunday, found the university profited from slavery through individual donations to endowments that have funded bursaries, scholarships, chairs and fellowships.
