All the resources listed below can be found online (and not behind a paywall) or for free from Glasgow Libraries. This list is not comprehensive and represents a fraction of relevant material.
Books
- Emma Bond and Michael Morris (eds.), Scotland’s Transnational Heritage: Legacies of Empire and Slavery (2023).
- Aimé Césaire, Return to my Native Land (translated by John Berger and Anya Bostock, 2024; first published in French in 1956).
- Neil Davidson, Minna Liinpaa, Maureen McBride and Satnam Virdee (eds.), No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland (2018).
- Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People About Race (2018).
- Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1967).
- Stuart Hall, Selected Writings on Race and Difference, ed. Paul Gilroy and Ruth Wilson Gilmore (2021).
- Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging (2018).
- Audre Lorde, Your Silence Will Not Protect You (2017).
- David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History (2021).
- Olivette Otele, African Europeans: An Untold History (2022).
- Edward W. Said, Orientalism (2003; first published 1978).
- Sathnam Sanghera, Empireworld: How British Imperialism has Shaped the Globe (2025).
- Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain (2021).
- Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery (2022; first published 1944).
Reports
- “Slavery, Abolition and the University of Glasgow: Report and Recommendations of the University of Glasgow History of Slavery Steering Committee” (University of Glasgow, 2018).
- “Taking Stock: Race Equality in Scotland” (Runnymede Trust, 2020).
- “Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums: Steering Group Recommendations” (Museums Galleries Scotland, 2022).
- “Glasgow, Slavery and Atlantic Commerce: An Audit of Historic Connections and Modern Legacies” (Glasgow City Council, 2022).
- “Anti-racist Training in Scotland’s Public Sector: Ten Standards for Training from an Anti-racist Perspective” (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, 2023).
- “Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600–1997” (Historic Environment Scotland, 2024).
Digital exhibitions, podcasts, websites and other resources
- Annalee Davis, “Contesting Landscapes”, National Trust for Scotland (2022).
- Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies, University of Glasgow.
- Black History Month Scotland.
- Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh
- Changemakers: The Museum Test (Our Shared Cultural Heritage Glasgow, 2023)
- “Dundas and the Great Scottish ‘Amnesia’ – Part 1” and “Dundas and the Great Scottish ‘Amnesia’ – Part 2”, Unearthed Podcast (2020).
- Empire Museum: Scottish Museum of Empire, Slavery, Colonialism & Migration
- Exploring Glasgow’s Untold History: GoMA and Surroundings Decolonial Trail
- Glasgow Life Museums’ Blogs – Legacies of Slavery and Empire
- The Hidden Stories Map
- It Wisnae Us: The Truth About Glasgow and Slavery
- Legacies of Slavery: Transatlantic Slavery and Aberdeen (University of Aberdeen, 2023)
- Radical Glasgow Tours