British chocolate-maker Rowntree apologises for 'shameful' role in slave trade and 'oppressive practices' in apartheid-era South Africa that are 'at odds' with its founding Quaker values after researching its history post-BLM The Rowntree Society, which promotes the history of the company, carried out the research into its past in the wake of the recent Black Lives Matter movement Research has revealed that the company may have 'profited' from the slave trade The society has said no evidence was found that showed the company directly owned or traded in enslaved people but said more investigat...