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Archbishop of Canterbury weighs in on Cambridge University slavery memorial row

Archbishop of Canterbury weighs in on Cambridge University slavery memorial row
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Justin Welby criticised the delay in taking down a plaque at a Cambridge University college chapel

The Church of England is taking too long to remove memorials linked to the slave trade, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

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Sorry Justin Welby, but rewriting our history should be difficult

That those who wish to erase our heritage cannot see why their project might be contentious is part of the problem

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Archbishop of Canterbury backs removal of Cambridge slavery memorial

A plaque memorialising 17th-century royal courtier Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal African Company, is located inside a Cambridge University college chapel.

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby criticises delay in removing slavery plaque

The Archbishop of Canterbury asks why a memorial to a slavery financier is taking so long to come down.

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