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GUEST,Penguin Egg BS: Apologies over slave trade? (111* d) BS: Apologies over slave trade? 22 Jun 06

Found this on the net today:

"Mr Andrew Hawkins from Plymouth, the United Kingdom, who claims to be a direct descendant of England's first slave trader, Sir John Hawkins, will don yokes and chains at the forthcoming Roots International Festival in The Gambia to apologise for the actions of his famous ancestor.

"Hawkins is taking part in a symbolic gesture organized by the London based "Lifeline expedition" who have already walked in chains through former slave ports such as Nantes, Bordeaux, Seville, Lisbon and Charleston South Carolina and from one of whose US "penitence walks" the above picture is taken."

A lot of people will doubtless think he is a good man doing the right thing. I think her is a sanctimonious little prig making a pointless gesture.

Any comments?

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