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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bert Wilkinson

The descendants of a British owner of slaves in Guyana apologize as Caribbean seeks reparations

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The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against humanity with lasting negative impacts.

Charles Gladstone, a descendant of former plantation owner John Gladstone, traveled to Guyana from Britain with five relatives to offer the formal apology.

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