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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alana Calvert

Archbishop of Canterbury calls church’s slave trade links a ‘source of shame’

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised after research found the Church of England’s investment fund had links to the slave trade, calling it a “source of shame”.

The revelations came to light via an investigation commissioned by the Church Commissioners for England into the early ledgers and other original source documents from Queen Anne’s Bounty – its predecessor fund.

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