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Research finds Bank of England directors invested in slave trade

Historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders reveal that dozens of central bank directors and founding subscribers profited from trafficking enslaved Africans.

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  1. Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds The Guardian Business ·

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