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Now on bbc news, bbc world news correspondent laura trevelyan examines herfamily�*s historic links to slave ownership in "grenada: confronting the past." 250 years ago, this harbour on the caribbean island of grenada was bustling, with slave ships arriving from west africa. after a harrowing journey, the slaves were sold here and put to work on the sugar plantations in brutal conditions. my family in england owned slaves here on grenada, and though we never set foot on the island, we profited from the sale of sugar. and when slavery was finally abolished, we got compensation from the british...

Acknowledged, and grenada is reclaiming its history. hello there. it really is a messy picture out there at the moment. obviously we've seen a lot more cloud around today, some bursts of rain too. the rain in western scotland probably easing away, but further south into england the rain that we've seen developing here will continue to push its way northwards, could be heavy, possibly even thundery as well, working its way upwards into southern scotland. if you're hoping to see the super blood moon later in the night, the best chance i think will be in northern scotland with some clearer skies....

Instead of trying to get ourselves out of it. even though the whole... a majority of grenada is black, the population is mainly black, there is still a lot - of racism and colourism. i and i think these things pass downl from the minds of parents who have taught their children these things. just steps away from the market where the enslaved were once sold is another prompt from the past.

Rum? but sugar, the products, the by—products... yes, rum, of course, was a major by—product. sugar was, of course, the other one. i think there was maybe about a 20 year timeframe in the 18th century, where the consumption of sugar in england quadrupled. grenada's capital, st george's, is one of the most picturesque in the caribbean. the bustling harbour sits below the hillside of an old volcanic crater. the horror of life and death on the beausejour estate seemed at odds with our spectacular location. ourjourney into the past with both our guides took us next to the north of grenada, thr...

And how about grenada's relationship with its own history? would it help...? at the moment there's just that one plaque in the market square which is a memorial to the enslaved. but apart from that, you don't really know that this was somewhere where the slave trade was so prominent. do you think that's something that grenada could do to spotlight its own heritage more? absolutely. i believe there are lots of opportunities on the island to spotlight those historic places and historic events. there's a lot of room for improvement, i believe. we have slave plantation remnants — the windmills, ...