John Gladstone
The descendants of a British slave owner in Guyana, John Gladstone, are set to apologise for slavery and indentureship today at the University of Guyana.
According to the University, it was founded on plantation lands once owned by John Gladstone.
In response to reports that the apology will be issued, President Dr. Irfaan Ali said an acknowledgement and apology are the first steps in the process of reparative justice.
He says the apology is implicitly an acknowledgement of the cruel nature of African enslavement and indentureship in Guyana and an act of contrition that paves the way for justice.
The Gladstone family has admitted that it benefitted from African enslavement and indentureship on the Demerara and other plantations owned by its patriarch, John Gladstone.
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