Barbados may seek reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch's family for owning slaves, as the actor's ancestors owned a slave plantation on the island during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Barbados may seek reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch’s family for owning slaves, as the actor’s ancestors owned a slave plantation on the island during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Cleland plantation in Barbados was home to 250 slaves until the British Empire abolished slavery in 1834. It remains unclear if Cumberbatch has ever benefitted from the money his family received in the early 1800s. “We are just beginning,” Comissiong added. “A lot of this history is only really now coming to light.”
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