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UK leader Burnham hints at apology for country's role in slave trade but rejects reparations

UK leader Burnham hints at apology for country's role in slave trade but rejects reparations
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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but has rejected calls for the country to pay reparations. Writing in the Guardian on Saturday, Burnham said Britain needed to acknowledge its “compl...

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