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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

‘It’s not a lot when you consider the harm’: Why bishop is calling for £1bn in C of E reparations for slavery

Rosemarie Mallett spent her childhood in a chattel house in Barbados before moving to the UK
Rosemarie Mallett spent her childhood in a chattel house in Barbados before moving to the UK. Photograph: Rich Barr/PA

An early childhood spent in a chattel house in Barbados followed by the shock of racism in the UK imbued Rosemarie Mallett with a sense of historical injustice and disadvantage that has shaped her life’s work.

Now in her mid-60s and bishop of Croydon, her life experiences are the backdrop to a determined push to get the Church of England to help repair the harm caused by the slave trade from which it benefited financially.

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