Is it fair to blame Dundas for delaying the abolition of the slave trade?

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Dundas (Lord Melville) was a Scottish politician who wielded great power in both Scotland and England in the 1780s and 90s and was honoured with monuments and place names. But should we now change how he’s commemorated given the role he played in the defeat of the 1792 Bill to Abolish the Slave Trade?