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Mullally Reaffirms £100 m Church Slavery Reparations in Ghana

8/1/2026

Summary

Story summary

Archbishop Sarah Mullally prayed at Cape Coast Castle and reaffirmed the Church’s £100 million reparative fund.
She said the Church was part of the slave trade and must help affected communities.
The Fund for Healing, launched in 2023, has spent £1.15 million though registration is delayed.
Ghana’s foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa praised the visit, but critics Gavin Ashenden and Robert Lyman said the £100 million fund diverts money from parish churches.

History

Historical Context

British abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson founded the 1787 Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, leading Parliament to pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron then seized about 1,600 slave ships between 1808 and 1860. In 2024 Archbishop Sarah Mullally pledged reparations at Cape Coast Castle, echoing that 1807 breakthrough.

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Story summary

Archbishop Sarah Mullally prayed at Cape Coast Castle and reaffirmed the Church’s £100 million reparative fund.
She said the Church was part of the slave trade and must help affected communities.
The Fund for Healing, launched in 2023, has spent £1.15 million though registration is delayed.
Ghana’s foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa praised the visit, but critics Gavin Ashenden and Robert Lyman said the £100 million fund diverts money from parish churches.

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