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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul Lashmar and Jonathan Smith

‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations

St George’s in Grenada; the family are hoping they can help the people of the island to improve their lives.
St George’s in Grenada; the family are hoping they can help the people of the island to improve their lives. Photograph: Poelzer Wolfgang/Alamy

An aristocratic British family is to make history by travelling to the Caribbean and publicly apologising for its ownership of more than 1,000 enslaved Africans. The Trevelyan family, which has many notable ancestors, is also paying reparations to the people of Grenada, where it owned six sugar plantations.

Last weekend, the family met online and agreed to sign a letter of apology for its enslavement of captive Africans. Forty-two members of the family have so far signed and more signatures are expected.

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