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UPDATE 4-Lloyd's of London to pay for 'shameful' Atlantic slave trade role

Thu, 18th Jun 2020 07:17

* Lloyd's of London says sorry for slavery role

* Lloyd's to pay for its sins, examine artefacts

* Bank of England apologises for "inexcusable connections"

* Oxford college wants to remove statue of colonialist

* Greene King pub chain apologises for founder's role
(Adds Bank of England apology)

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton

LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - The Lloyd's of London insurance
market apologised on Thursday for its "shameful" role in the
18th and 19th Century Atlantic slave trade and pledged to fund
opportunities for black and ethnic minority people.

As part of a global reassessment of history and racism
triggered by the death of George Floyd in the United States,
some British institutions have begun re-examining their past,
especially connections to slavery.

The Bank of England also apologised for what it called the
"inexcusable connections" of some past governors and directors
to slavery, and said it would remove any portraits of them from
display anywhere on its premises.

About 17 million African men, women and children were torn
from their homes and shackled into one of the world's most
brutal globalised trades between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Many died in merciless conditions.

"We are sorry for the role played by the Lloyd’s market in
the 18th and 19th Century slave trade - an appalling and
shameful period of English history, as well as our own," Lloyd's
said in a statement on Thursday.

"Recent events have shone a spotlight on the inequality that
black people have experienced over many years as a result of
systematic and structural racism that has existed in many
aspects of society and unleashed difficult conversations that
were long overdue," it added.

The world's leading commercial insurance market, Lloyd’s -
which started life in Edward Lloyd’s coffee house in 1688 - is
where complex insurance contracts ranging from catastrophe to
events cancellation are agreed and underwritten.

Lloyd's grew to dominate the shipping insurance market, a
key element of Europe's global scramble for empire, treasure and
slaves, who were usually in the 18th Century included in
insurance policies in the general rate for ship cargo.

Weapons and gunpowder from Europe were swapped for African
slaves who were shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas.

Those who survived endured a life of subjugation on
plantations, while the ships returned to Europe laden with
sugar, cotton and tobacco.

'INEXCUSABLE'

Although Britain abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade in
1807, full abolition did not follow for another generation.

Lloyd's said it would invest in programmes to attract black
and minority ethnic talent, review its artefacts to ensure they
were not racist and support charities and organisations
promoting opportunity for black and minority ethnic people.

Among other British institutions reassessing the legacies of
the past is Oriel College, part of Oxford University, which said
on Wednesday it wanted to remove a statue of 19th century
colonialist Cecil Rhodes.

Greene King, which describes itself as Britain's leading pub
owner and brewer, apologised for the profit one of its original
founders made from the slave trade.

Greene King would make investments to help the black, Asian
and minority ethnic (BAME) community and to support race
diversity in its business, chief executive Nick Mackenzie said.

The history of several other British financial firms,
including Barclays, is also under fresh scrutiny.

The bank was named after David Barclay, a Quaker who
campaigned actively against slavery in the late 18th century,
but it later acquired institutions with links to the slave
trade, including Colonial Bank in 1918 and Martins Bank in 1969.

"We can’t change what’s gone before us, only how we go
forward," a Barclays spokesman said.

The City of London Corporation has launched the Tackling
Racism Working Party, which it said will look to promote
economic, educational and social inclusion in the City of London
and assess the future of statues and monuments.
(Additional reporting by Sinead Cruise, Huw Jones and David
Milliken;
Editing by Estelle Shirbon and Andrew Cawthorne)

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