The Church Commissioners announced a ten-year funding commitment after historical research traced institutional wealth to investments linked to transatlantic chattel slavery. The Church said the fund would support communities affected by historic enslavement and its legacies. It is a church initiative, not a UK government reparations program; affected advocates have questioned its scale, governance and whether it amounts to compensation.
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The commission investigated Norwegianization policies and injustice affecting these communities.
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