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British aristocrats ask King Charles to join a slavery reparations movement

Two members of U.K. aristocratic families, Laura Trevelyan and David Lascelles, are apologizing for centuries-old injustices in the Caribbean, and asking others to join them in paying reparations.

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Portugal should apologise, confront past role in slavery, says president

Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Tuesday his country should apologise and take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the first time a leader of the southern European nation has suggested such a national apology.

Reuters

Changes planned for College Board's Black history class

The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including the Black Lives Matter and slavery reparations movements

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University of Edinburgh in bid to pay 'reparations' after links to slavery discovered

Academics are working with a team of researchers to trawl historical archives to build a picture of the university’s involvement in Atlantic slavery and colonialism

Daily Mirror

Black history class to undergo changes, College Board says

The College Board has announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course amid criticism in February that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life

The Independent UK

When was slavery abolished in the UK? Descendants of slave owners call for reparations

The campaigning body ‘Heirs of Slavery’ has called for British institutions to recognise their role in the slave trade

Evening Standard

Descendants of UK slave owners call on government to apologise

Heirs of Slavery body wants restorative justice to tackle ‘ongoing consequences of this crime against humanity’

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My ancestors profited from slavery. Here’s how I am starting to atone for that

Families like mine have listened to the descendants of enslaved people. Today we launch a lobbying group, Heirs of Slavery, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK

At long last, Sanditon gives "closure"

As for a fourth season, despite offering hypothetical storylines, Justin Young says, "It's never going to happen"

Salon

I’m a Man City fan. Despite the backlash, it’s time to sink these ships

The ships that adorn the badges of both Manchester clubs are a reminder of the city’s links to slavery and must go, says editor of the Voice Lester Holloway

The Guardian - UK

Bill Dusinberre obituary

Other lives: Reader in history at Warwick University who specialised in writing about American slavery

The Guardian - UK

Follow the money: the story of slavery and Shakespeare’s First Folio

As we reckon with the UK’s colonial past, we need to examine the history behind valuable books – even our beloved Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK

Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery

It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the eight-storey building on April 24 2013, which housed five factories making clothes for western high street brands like Accessorize,…

The Conversation

City and United WON'T be changing their badges following claims they 'celebrate slavery'

The famous badges of both United and City contain images of ships which is thought to be an homage to the ship seen on the city of Manchester's official coat of arms

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White Tennessee lawmakers speak out for insurrection in honoring Confederate history

The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over the Tennessee Legislature.

Manchester Evening News

Snapchat, 'slavery' and how gang bosses are lining their pockets off the misery of children

Many of the children affected hundreds of miles away - in care or recent care leavers, and many are still not old enough to have completed high school

Liverpool Echo

Snapchat, 'slavery' and how Merseyside gang bosses are lining their pockets off the misery of children

"Both of you had been manipulated by those above you into thinking this was the life for you"

The Independent UK

Ex anti-slavery commissioner: Deeply regrettable that role vacant a year on

Dame Sara Thornton said there could potentially be a conflict of interest with the Home Office being in charge of appointing someone to the post.

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Daily Mirror

Man Utd and Man City badges defended as 'part of past' amid 'links to slavery' claims

The badges of Manchester United and Manchester City contain ships, which have been cited as slavery references, but the city's council are supportive of the strides made from their history

The Guardian - UK

Abandon ship: does this symbol of slavery shame Manchester and its football clubs?

A three-masted vessel adorns the city’s buildings and both teams’ crests. But is it an emblem of a crime against humanity?

The Conversation

Unpapering the cracks: sugar, slavery and the Sydney Morning Herald

In a splash of articles published over the past two weeks, the British Guardian has acknowledged and apologised for its historical links with slavery. The Scott Trust, owners of the newspaper that became a global news website, outlined how the Guardian’s founders were linked to transatlantic slavery and announced a…

The Independent UK

Lenny Henry thinks King Charles ‘has an interest’ in slavery and reparations: ‘He might do something’

The actor reflected on the monarch’s decision to support research into the royals and slavery

The Week

Slavery and the monarchy: time for a royal reckoning?

The list of British institutions reconsidering their uncomfortable relationship with slavery has just acquired an illustrious new member, said The Times.

The Guardian - UK

Saving anti-slavery poem won’t cost Charles a king’s ransom

Brief letters: Monarchy’s slave trade links | Lancashire cotton workers | Eating squirrel | Ginger Rogers’ films

Manchester Evening News

Ten arrested for drugs and modern slavery offences after dawn raids

Tens of thousands of pounds of drugs have also been seized following the raids

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