The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. Justin Welby has spoken out about the discovery and said a recent trip to the country “has helped me to confront the legacies of enslavement in the Caribbean”.

Justin Welby says a recent trip to Jamaica has helped him "confront the legacies of enslavement".

Justin Welby reveals late biological father, Anthony Montague Browne, who served as Winston Churchill's private secretary, had ancestral connections to enslavement of people in Jamaica and Tobago - An

Another direct descendant of the Fergusson family said its time to "stop denying" the history of slavery and face up to "our debts"

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a public statement after discovering an ancestor's connection to the slave trade in the Caribbean.