The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for his family’s past after disclosing that his ancestor was a slave owner.

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has revealed that one of his ancestors owned enslaved people on a Jamaican plantation and received compensation from the British government upon the abolition of slavery.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. Justin Welby has spoken out about the discovery and said a recent trip to the country “has helped me to confront the legacies of enslavement in the Caribbean”.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a public statement after discovering an ancestor's connection to the slave trade in the Caribbean.

Justin Welby reveals late biological father, Anthony Montague Browne, who served as Winston Churchill's private secretary, had ancestral connections to enslavement of people in Jamaica and Tobago - An

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Justin Welby says a recent trip to Jamaica has helped him "confront the legacies of enslavement".

The leader of the world's Anglican communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, on Tuesday said that one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. "His great, great grandfather was Sir James Fergusson,