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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.
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
