Slave-trade wealth embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds

Dozens of Bank of England directors invested in the trafficking of enslaved Africans.

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Britain’s financial system was deeply involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

New research highlights the historical scale of this involvement.

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