Gareth Mostyn News Today

Not to return to haiti. You are watching bbc news. A new report on the Church Of Englands historic links to slavery is about to be published. It follows a report last year into the churchs Investment Funds historic links to transatlantic slavery which at the time prompted it to announce a £100 million fund for a programme of investment, research and engagement to try to address past wrongs. We go across now to a News Conference taking place by an independent Oversight Group that was appointed b...

Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation

Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from "this cruel bondage." There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

<p>The exhibition is an acknowledgment of the church's investments in the transatlantic slave trade, but critics argue that the church remains obligated to pay reparations. </p>

Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from “this cruel bondage.” There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The handwritten letter from 1723 — whose author says…

Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from “this cruel bondage.” There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The letter is included in an exhibition.

Enslavement: Voices From The Archives at Lambeth Palace Library features 18th-century ledgers among other pieces.

LONDON — Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from “this cruel bondage.” There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The handwritten

Artefacts on show at Lambeth Palace Library include a ‘slave bible’, with all mention of ‘freedom’ removed

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/church-of-england-sheds-light-on-shameful-slave-trade-ties/"></div>LONDON (AP) — Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from “this cruel bondage.” There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The handwritten letter from 1723 — [&hell...