UK PM Andy Burnham Open To Slavery Apology, But Rejects Reparations

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Ahead of next week's Commonwealth summit where financial payouts are anticipated to be demanded, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated he might issue a formal apology for Britain's past involvement in slavery, as noted by the Economic Times. NDTV reports that Burnham expressed "sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering of so many millions and to recognise the way it still shapes our world today," yet he maintained that monetary compensation is not "the right answer." NDTV Profit adds that European traders sold millions of Africans into bondage from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century through the Trans-Atlantic trade.

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