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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent

Anglican group launches £7m project in Barbados to atone for slavery atrocities

A two-storey greybrick college entranceway flanked by bright green grass, palm trees and blue sky
The Anglican theological college on the Codrington estate in Barbados. Photograph: SimplyAdrienne/Shutterstock

An Anglican church group is to launch a £7m reconciliation project in Barbados to atone for the atrocities of transatlantic slavery and compensate descendants of enslaved people.

United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG), a UK-based missionary organisation created in 1701 to convert people in the colonies to Christianity, will work with local and regional partners in the Caribbean to allocate money to education and entrepreneurial grants and historical research. It will also support land ownership among descendants of enslaved people.

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