The William Collins Memorial Drinking Fountain on Glasgow Green. Born in Eastwood in Renfrewshire, Collins founded a book printing company on Cangleriggs in Glasgow in 1819. Despite the fact it alienated some of his wealthy customers (who had interests in the slave plantations of the West Indies), Collins openly supported the abolition of slavery, and displayed emancipation petitions in his book shop.
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