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Ryan Fahey

BBC reporter and her wealthy aristocrat family to apologise for their slave trade shame

An aristocratic UK family whose ancestors once owned more than 1,000 slaves will apologise to the people of Grenada - and pay £100,000 towards community projects.

The Trevelyan family, which owned six sugar plantations across the Caribbean island, was compensated by the UK government after slavery was abolished in 1833.

BBC reporter Laura Trevelyan visited the country in 2022 to film a documentary about her family's murky past, and was shocked to learn that the African slaves were not financially supported after gaining their freedom.

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