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The Latest Breaking News from the Royal African Company

Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds

Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans

The Guardian - UK

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

How the Slaveholding Founders Really Felt About Slavery

Angst, guilt, and more self-awareness than you might expect

Reason

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Why are slave traders still being commemorated?

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Robert Beckford in which he argues that a plaque on a statue cannot cover mass murder

The Guardian - UK

Dutch king apologises for country’s historical involvement in slavery

On day to remember 160th anniversary of abolition of slavery in Netherlands, Willem-Alexander says racism is still a problem

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s monarchy backed slavery from day one

Letters: Jordan Andrews on Charles II’s backing for the Royal African Company. Plus, Robert Godsill on Oliver Cromwell’s leading role in slavery

The Guardian - UK

Those who tore down Colston’s statue helped lead us to the truth about slavery and the monarchy

BLM protesters in Bristol were accused, in 2020, of ‘erasing history’. Now we know they have flooded it with light, says law lecturer Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK

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The Colston connection: how Prince William’s Kensington Palace home is linked to slavery

Palace was residence of William III, who was given shares in slave-transport company, and successive monarchs involved in trade

The Guardian - UK

The British kings and queens who supported and profited from slavery

From Elizabeth I to William IV, over a period of 270 years monarchs had links to the slave trade

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