Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica

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2024-10-22

London (PA Media/dpa) - The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. Justin Welby has spoken out about the discovery and said a recent trip to the country "has helped me to confront the legacies of enslavement in the Caribbean." Welby, the head of the Church of England, said his great, great, great grandfather Sir James Fergusson was an owner of enslaved people at the Rozelle Plantation i......

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