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Guardian owner apologises for founders’ links to transatlantic slavery

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The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders had in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice.

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BBC News

The Guardian's owner apologises for historical slave trade links

The trust apologises "unreservedly" for The Guardian's founders' roles in this "crime against humanity".

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Guardian owner apologises for founders’ links to transatlantic slavery

Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper’s origins

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Guardian apologises after founders’ transatlantic slavery links revealed

Research commissioned in 2020 by the paper’s owner threw up ‘significant new facts’ about the publication’s founder

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘Awful history’: Guardian apologises for slavery links, flags reparations

The Scott Trust plans to launch an $18.4 million decade-long program of “restorative justice” to atone for the newspaper’s founders’ roles in the slave trade.

1 year ago·Sydney, Australia

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The Epoch Times

The Guardian Newspaper Apologises for Slavery Links

The Guardian newspaper has apologised for its founder’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group, has pledged 10 million pounds (US$12.3 million) to communities linked to the activities of John Edward Taylor, the journalist who started the paper in 1821. “The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report, published on Tuesday, revealed that Taylor, and at least nine of his 11 backers, had links to …

1 year ago·New York, United States

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The Mercury

Calls for Royals to follow The Guardian and apologise for links to slavery

Calls have been made for the Royals and the UK government to apologise for links to slavery after the Guardian newspaper made a formal apology on its front page. “You can never atone enough for something like this, the reality is no salvers or slaves are alive today to properly pay reparations to,” said TalkTV Contributor Esther Krakue.

1 year ago·Hobart, Australia

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