With the matter of reparations for European slavery very much in the spotlight here and in the Caribbean community, the family of one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers is set to travel to Guyana this week to apologise for their ancestor’s historical role in slavery.
In a release yesterday, the University of Guyana (UG) announced that the family of plantation owner John Gladstone will be visiting the university to take part in the launching of its International Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies in collaboration with the National Reparations Committee and Heirs of Slavery. This event is due to take place on Friday morning, August 25, in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre of its Turkeyen Campus, in Georgetown, from 8:30 hrs. to 11:00 hrs. Gladstone’s son, William Gladstone was a Prime Minister of England.
