Two prominent firms, Lloyd's of London and Greene King, have acknowledged their ties to the slave trade and pledged to make amends
The plinth on which the statue of Edward Colston previously stood in Bristol, England, surrounded by messages of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, on June 11, 2020. Britain’s uneasy confrontation with its racist history moved from statues in town squares to corporate boardrooms this week, as two prominent British firms announced they would make amends for their involvement in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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