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Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of AfricansBrazilian prosecutors have launched a civil investigation into one of the country’s largest banks’ historical links to …
Che Lovelace paintings in St James’s church are first permanent art commission to honour Quobna Ottobah CugoanoA permanent artwork to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the baptism of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, one of Britain’s most important abolitioni…
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the pastA UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery has been hailed as a significant step forward by campaigners.The report by the U…
Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitationCaribbean nations are preparing formal letters demanding that the British royal family apologise and make reparations for slavery.National reparations commissio…
Portrait unveiled at country house once owned by plantation owner who enslaved actor’s relatives in 18th centuryThe actor David Harewood has described his new portrait at Harewood House as a powerful example of his ancestor’s resilience and the endurin…
Antoinette Sandbach ‘struggling with difficult history’ after initially threatening to sue University of Cambridge over academic’s researchA former Conservative MP has apologised “for the acts of my ancestors” after an academic named her as a descendan…
Descendants of William Gladstone urge British government to discuss reparations in the CaribbeanThe descendants of the former British prime minister William Gladstone have apologised for their family’s past as enslavers in Guyana and urged the UK to di…
Irfaan Ali also demands posthumous charges for crimes against humanity for traders and enslaversThe president of Guyana has called on descendants of European slave traders to offer to pay reparations to right historical wrongs.Irfaan Ali also demanded …
Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’A leading judge at the international court of justice has said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation…
The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire• William Gladstone: family of former British PM to apologise for links to slaveryThe Demerara Rebellion of August 1823 was a pivotal event in the abolition of…