The Crown, the cabinet and the UK's legacy of slavery
At the start of the 19th century, a British politician named George Smith grew rich from slavery. Two centuries later, one of his descendants is Britain's newly anointed king. Another holds the keys to the nation’s Treasury and would oversee any future reparations. In this special podcast we look at how these links were investigated, we visit Jamaica to the site of a former plantation and speak to experts about why calls for a formal apology and reparations over slavery continue. Hear our previous podcast about America's slavery legacy in which we follow two Reuters journalists on their…
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