The post Barbados May Seek Reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch’s Family for Slavery appeared first on Consequence. Barbados has begun seeking reparations from the descendants of slave owners, as The ...

Benedict Cumberbatch, seen last March, is a descendant of Caribbean plantation owners who owned slaves. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / Associated Press) It's no secret that Benedict Cumberbatch's ...

David Comissiong, the deputy chairperson of the National Task Force on Reparations in Barbados, has issued a clarification after it was reported that his organization had Benedict Cumberbatch's family ...

The streaming giant beat out Paramount and Comcast after a unanimous board vote. 4 hours ago In 1728, Cumberbatch's fifth great-grandfather, Abraham Cumberbatch, bought the island's Cleland plantation ...

The government of Barbados wants to make a wealthy Conservative member of The British Parliament the first person to pay reparations for his ancestor’s role in slavery, The Guardian reports. Richard ...

Barbados’ prime minister, Mia Mottley, is well regarded as a progressive world leader and strong champion of the Caribbean region, outspoken on issues ranging from climate justice to reparations. Her ...

The online buzz over high profile Britons' ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade put attention on the ongoing reparations push in Barbados, and... A kerfuffle about whether British actor Benedict ...

The government of Barbados could make a wealthy Conservative member of parliament the first individual to pay for his ancestors’ role in slavery, The Guardian reports. The country’s leaders are ...

It’s no secret that Benedict Cumberbatch’s ancestors owned slaves on a plantation on the Caribbean island of Barbados throughout the 1700s and 1800s. But just before the new year, British publication ...

A kerfuffle about whether British actor Benedict Cumberbatch will have to pay reparations to descendants of slaves in Barbados made headlines this week. It's still unclear who exactly may become ...