Should the CofE pay slavery reparations?

Ben Chang  |  Comment
Date posted:  13 Aug 2026
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Should the CofE pay slavery reparations?

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During a recent trip to Ghana, Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally renewed her commitment to a £100 million reparation fund in light of the Church of England’s historic investments in companies involved in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

The fund was originally pledged by Mullally’s predecessor Justin Welby, who argued that the reparations would give a "better and fairer future for all, particularly for communities affected by historic slavery".

The topic of slavery reparations has been the subject of increasingly heated debate in recent years.

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