A former Conservative MP has threatened the University of Cambridge with legal action after an academic named her as a descendant of a merchant with links to the slave trade.
Malik Al Nasir, a poet and author, who is also a PhD history student at St Catharine’s College, said in a TEDx Talk video published in 2021 that Antoinette Sandbach is a descendant of Samuel Sandbach, who was in a partnership that traded with the West Indies and owned slaves.
