To commemorate Black History Month in Britain, a mural of Fredrick Douglass was unveiled prior to October 2020. The black and white painting was the work of a local graffiti artist who goes by the moniker of @TrenchOne. But why would an artwork celebrating an American statesman appear in the capital of Scotland? The illustration is located a stone’s throw away from the Union Canal. During the 1840s, the world-renowned social reformer took up residence just a couple of doors down at 33 Gilmore Place. A few years earlier, he…
