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Court to hear dispute over future of memorial to Cambridge college benefactor

An ecclesiastical court is to hear a dispute over whether a memorial to a 17th Century benefactor who invested in slave-trading companies can be moved from the chapel of a Cambridge University college. Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal ...

24 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Why is Britain facing renewed calls over slavery reparations?

Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure from Caribbean nations to open the door to reparatory justice for the UK’s role in the slave trade. Here, the PA news agency answers questions about why the row has reopened in recent weeks, what ...

24 Oct 2024 at 13:00

Time to ‘think about’ reparations for slave trade, says Doreen Lawrence

Britain should apologise and “think about” paying reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade, the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence has said. Speaking in Parliament, Doreen Lawrence argued it was a ...

31 Oct 2024 at 17:58

King backs research into British monarchy’s links to slavery

The King has expressed his support for the first time for research into the historical links between the British monarchy and the transatlantic slave trade. Buckingham Palace said Charles takes the issues “profoundly seriously” and ...

06 Apr 2023 at 13:04

Scotland

Edinburgh holds events to remember ‘troubling history’ of slave trade

For the second time Edinburgh has joined cities around the world in holding events to mark a day of remembrance of the “troubling history” of the slave trade. A minute’s silence at 11am and an evening event featuring speeches and ...

23 Aug 2024 at 23:11

Rare anti-slavery poem by Coleridge at risk of leaving UK, according to DCMS

A rare anti-slavery poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found. The poem, a Greek Sapphic ode titled Ode On The West-Indian Slave Trade, discusses the evils of ...

17 Mar 2023 at 23:26

UK fails to keep language on reparations out of Commonwealth communique

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there had been no discussions about money at a major Commonwealth summit after the UK failed to keep language on reparations out of a joint statement signed by attending nations. The Prime ...

26 Oct 2024 at 09:01

Tobias Rustat memorial will not be removed from Cambridge college chapel

A memorial plaque to a man who funded the slave trade in the chapel of a Cambridge college will not be removed as the campaign to take it down was based on a “false narrative”, it has been announced. The plaque to ...

23 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. Justin Welby has spoken out about the discovery and said a recent trip to the country “has helped me to ...

22 Oct 2024 at 09:35

No slave trade reparations, minister says, amid warning UK is ‘resented’ abroad

The UK will not pay reparations to nations affected by the transatlantic slave trade, a Foreign Office minister has said, after an MP warned the UK is “deeply resented” for its historical role. Anneliese ...

25 Feb 2025 at 15:47

Scotland

University of Dundee founded on family wealth linked to slavery, study shows

The University of Dundee was partially founded on wealth derived from a family with links to the transatlantic slave trade, a study has shown. Members of the Baxter family, whose company Baxter Brothers ...

17 Oct 2022 at 18:43

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