Archbishop of Canterbury calls for removal of Cambridge memorial to slave trade investor
The Independent says The Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Church of England is taking too long to remove a memorial to a man who funded the slave-trade.
The plaque memorialising Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal African Company, is located inside a Cambridge University college chapel.
In comments carried by the BBC, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby asked: “Why is it so much agony to remove a memorial to slavery?”
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