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More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade

Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

Slavery was not a footnote to British history. It helped shape the nation

Register of British Slave Traders reveals how deeply the trafficking of Africans was embedded in the country’s politics, economy, institutions and culture

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14

Warren Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger, who once called crypto 'rat poison,' says we should follow China’s lead and ban cryptocurrencies altogether

“A cryptocurrency is not a currency, not a commodity, and not a security,” Munger said Wednesday in a WSJ op-ed. “It’s a gambling contract."

Fortune · Feb 2, 2023

Church slave trade links report prompts £100m funding to ‘address past wrongs’

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: ‘I am deeply sorry for these links. It is now time to take action to address our shameful past.’

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

C of E setting up £100m fund to ‘address past wrongs’ of slave trade links

Church to back community projects to compensate for financially benefiting from chattel slavery

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Cambridge University finds it gained ‘significant benefits’ from slave trade

Research finds no evidence of direct slave holdings but gains accrued from investments and individuals involved in slavery

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

University of Cambridge says it gained from slave trade

Britain's University of Cambridge said on Thursday it had benefited from the proceeds of slavery over its history, and promised to expand scholarships for Black students and fund more research into the murderous trade.

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

Archbishop of Canterbury calls church’s slave trade links a ‘source of shame’

The church’s investigation found its predecessor fund had invested ‘significant amounts’ in the trade of enslaved people.

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

C of E paid poor 18th-century clergy with ‘abominable’ slave trade funds

Justin Welby says he is ‘deeply sorry for links with transatlantic chattel slavery’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2022