Black Enterprise

’12 Years a Slave’ Actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s Family May Be Facing Reparations in Barbados

12 Years a Slave actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who is reportedly a descendant of a slave-owner and plantation holder, is the subject of a financial battle as Barbados government officials begin their ...
New York Post

Kamala Harris descended from notorious Irish slave owner: ‘Not a nice fellow’

Vice President Kamala Harris descended from an infamous Irish slave owner who actively worked against abolition. The presidential hopeful’s paternal great-grandmother, Christiana Brown, is a ...
The Grio

In Guyana, president demands slavery reparations as descendants of plantation owner ready apology

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should ...
NPR

Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership

LAPLACE, La. — Jo Banner is excited to show the newly acquired Woodland Plantation House near the banks of the Mississippi River. “We have still a lot of work to do, but I think for the home to be ...
KSAT

Couple who unknowingly bought ex-slave plantation learn about mansion’s past, history of slaves along Cibolo Creek

WILSON COUNTY, Texas – Robin Muschalek said she often gets the same reaction when she tells someone that people were enslaved in Bexar County. “They’re shocked,” said Muschalek, co-owner of the ...
KEYT

President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should ...