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- ↑ Glasgow Street Names and Places. James Muir. William Hodge and Company. 1899.
- ↑ "Every Glasgow street name linked directly to slavery". 7 June 2020.
- ↑ Glasgow Street Names and Places. James Muir. William Hodge and Company. 1899.
- ↑ Glasgow Street Names and Places. James Muir. William Hodge and Company. 1899.
- ↑ "Black Lives Matter: Anti-racism campaigners rename streets across Glasgow".
- ↑ Liam O'Hare (6 June 2020). ""Also includes Joseph Knight Street, a man captured into the slave trade, who fought for his freedom through escaping his Scottish 'master' and winning a court judgement which set the principle against slavery in Scots law…". Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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