Article 6E68W Family of former British PM apologises for enslaver past in Guyana

Family of former British PM apologises for enslaver past in Guyana

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Descendants of William Gladstone urge British government to discuss reparations in the Caribbean

The descendants of the former British prime minister William Gladstone have apologised for their family's past as enslavers in Guyana and urged the UK to discuss reparations in the Caribbean.

Gladstone's father was one of the largest enslavers in the parts of the Caribbean colonised by Britain.

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