Fresh Evidence of C of Eās Role in Enslavement Uncovered as Church Wrestles with Reparations Debate The recent visit by Archbishop Sarah Mullally to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana has brought into sharp focus the long buried history of the Church of England's complicity in the transatlantic slave trade.
Historians have uncovered evidence of C of E clergy financing the Royal African Company, one of the most prolific slaving organizations in history.
The newly digitized Register of British Slave Traders reveals 45 C of E clergymen who invested heavily in the slave trade.