New database lets Britons search for slave-owning ancestors
Published: 2013 February 27 16:52:49 (3067 Views)
London - A new database lets Britons search for uncomfortable information - whether their ancestors owned slaves.
Researchers at University College London have compiled a searchable listing of thousands of people who received compensation for loss of their "possessions" when slave ownership was outlawed by Britain in 1833.
About 46 000 people were paid a total of £20m - the equivalent of 40% of all annual government spending at the time.
Research associate Keith McClelland said on Wednesday that the project would help show how the legacy of slavery still affects Britain.
He says 10% of wealthy 19th-century Britons were directly connected to the slave trade.
- AP
Researchers at University College London have compiled a searchable listing of thousands of people who received compensation for loss of their "possessions" when slave ownership was outlawed by Britain in 1833.
About 46 000 people were paid a total of £20m - the equivalent of 40% of all annual government spending at the time.
Research associate Keith McClelland said on Wednesday that the project would help show how the legacy of slavery still affects Britain.
He says 10% of wealthy 19th-century Britons were directly connected to the slave trade.
- AP
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