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LEGACY: William Gladstone was the son of slave-owning John Gladstone
THE family of Victorian-era prime minister William Gladstone will travel to South America to apologise for the part their ancestor played in the slave trade, it was reported yesterday.
The Liberal Party hero — PM on four occasions in the 19th century — was the son of John Gladstone, one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies.
Charlie Gladstone, the great-great-great grandson of John, said he “felt absolutely sick” when he found out about his family’s slave-owning past.
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
SUE TURNER is appalled by the story of the only original colonising family to still own a plantation in the West Indies
BOB NEWLAND relishes a fascinating read as well as an invaluable piece of local research
DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the return of Azuka Oforka’s stunning drama about slave plantation politics