CUMBRIA figures could be named and shamed by The Dictionary of British Slave Traders.

The public have reaction has been mixed towards the Government backed database’s research into 6,500 British investors and companies with historic links to slavery.

The Dictionary of British Slave Traders has been given £1 million in funding from the Government.

Colin Terrance said: “So people who weren’t alive during slavery, had nothing to do with slavery, are to be judged by people who were never enslaved on something they never did. What kind of malfunctioning mind created this?”

Nathan Prayer said: “’The Dictionary of British Slave Traders has been given £1 million in funding from the Government. Taxpayers’ money thrown down the drain, yet again.”

Marcus Keagan said: “Why can’t people just accept that history is history. Have the Egyptians apologised to the people they enslaved? Has Rome apologised for their enslavement for work and entertainment? It’s illegal now and that is fantastic. It wasn’t then and that wasn’t good. Draw a line and move on. Dragging up 190-year-old history and parading it in a “dictionary” funded by the taxpayer is disgusting, especially when there’s so many people not getting support with current issues.”

Helen Page said: “Absolutely outrageous. I don’t particularly warm to the man personally, but the case for getting Nigel Farage into No 10 builds daily. Even with his patronising smirk."