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Sir Charles Trevelyan was Treasury official during great famine in 19th century when potato crops failed The former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has said her family would consider paying compensation to Ireland because of an ancestor’s role in the Gr…
Guardian journalist and Cotton Capital special correspondent Lanre Bakare examines Black Mancunian history, beginning with the 1945 Pan-African Congress that took place in the city and shaped independence movements across AfricaThe Guardian journalist …
Heirs of Slavery body wants restorative justice to tackle ‘ongoing consequences of this crime against humanity’The descendants of some of Britain’s wealthiest slave owners have launched an activist movement, calling on the government both to apologise…
In Easter sermon, archbishop of Canterbury says money was not set aside because of ‘postcolonial guilt’The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has used his Easter sermon to say that £100m pledged by the Church of England to compensate for its compl…
The issue of the British Empire’s slavery links and calls for possible reparations from the monarchy has been growing in the Caribbean.
Read a summary of our findings about the personal enrichment of the royal family and origins of some of their wealth Continue reading…
Palace was residence of William III, who was given shares in slave-transport company, and successive monarchs involved in tradeAn imposing bronze statue stands tall on the manicured lawns at Kensington Palace, a formidable tribute to William III, who b…
Buckingham Palace makes public statement after Guardian presents evidence of royals’ long history of involvement in transatlantic tradeKing Charles has for the first time signalled his support for research into the British monarchy’s historical links w…
From Elizabeth I to William IV, over a period of 270 years monarchs had links to the slave tradeKing Charles III and Prince William have expressed “profound sorrow” at the atrocities of slavery, but neither has publicly accepted the crown’s central rol…
Metal used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave tradeScientists have discovered that some of the Benin bronzes were made with brass mined thousands of miles away in the German Rhineland.The Edo p…