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Josephine Rozenberg-Clarke

Looks Like Benedict Cumberbatch May Have To Pay Reparations For His Fam’s Slave-Owning Past

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is facing a compensation claim from the nation of Barbados because of his family’s slave-owning past. According to UK’s The Telegraph
Abraham Cumberbatch Daily Mail article hereTelegraphThe Telegraph David DennyScotland on Sundaythis Buzzfeed News reportTimothy Carlton
“Cumberbatch — it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it?” he laughs. “What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn’t keen on me keeping it. ‘They’ll be after you for money,’ she used to say.”
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