Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper’s origins
- David Olusoga: slavery and the Guardian – the ties that bind us
The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders had in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice.
The Scott Trust said it expected to invest more than £10m (US$12.3m, A$18.4m), with millions dedicated specifically to descendant communities linked to the Guardian’s 19th-century founders.
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