Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate
Fresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say. Composite: Guardian/Getty/Wayne CrichlowView image in fullscreenFresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say. Among them was Henry Brydges, later a canon at St Paul’s Cathedral, who bought half of his £10,000 shareholding on the day he became the Archdeacon of Rochester.Prof William Pettigrew, who led the project, said the register showed a “truly national picture”.
- ▪Fresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say.
- ▪Composite: Guardian/Getty/Wayne CrichlowView image in fullscreenFresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say.
- ▪Among them was Henry Brydges, later a canon at St Paul’s Cathedral, who bought half of his £10,000 shareholding on the day he became the Archdeacon of Rochester.Prof William Pettigrew, who led the project, said the register showed a “truly
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Fresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say. Composite: Guardian/Getty/Wayne CrichlowView image in fullscreenFresh questions are being raised about whether the Church of England is doing enough to atone for its role in enslavement, experts say. Composite: Guardian/Getty/Wayne CrichlowEnslaving nationAnglicanismFresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debateRegister of British Slave Traders shows clergymen financed company that trafficked enslaved Africans on hundreds of voyagesChris Osuh Community affairs correspondent.
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