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Guyana: Descendants of UK Slave Owners To Apologise

GUYANA – Family members of John Gladstone, a former owner of enslaved Africans, will be arriving in Guyana later this week and plans to apologise for their ancestor’s role in that dehumanising period of world history.

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1 year ago

August 23, 2023

Kendeno Knowles

GUYANA – Family members of former owner of enslaved africans John Gladstone, will be arriving in Guyana later this week to participate in the launch of the International Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies (MIDIAS) at the University of Guyana and plans to apologise for their ancestor’s role in that dehumanising period of world history.

UOG said in a statement “The Gladstone family, which includes several historians have confirmed they will in fact offer an apology given the role their ancestors had played here,”

John Gladstone was the father of four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone, and owned 2,500 salves.