Dame Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, renews her commitment to a controversial £100 million pledge intended to support communities affected by transatlantic slavery. Speaking during her first visit to Ghana, she expresses “lament” over the Church of England’s involvement in transatlantic chattel slavery and says the initiative reflects the Christian belief in repentance, according to reporting from multiple outlets.
Mullally makes the remarks on Thursday at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana’s Central Region, a historic 17th-century fortress associated with the slave trade. The castle is built by Swedish traders and later occupied by Danish and Dutch forces before the British seized it in 1664.
The BBC and The Guardian both report that Mullally reaffirmed her support for the pledge during the visit, framing the fund as aimed at communities affected by the legacy of slavery. Both accounts note that her remarks are delivered at the former slave-trading site, where thousands of enslaved Africans were held before being transported across the Atlantic.
