Lloyd’s of London is looking to hire an archivist to examine the ties of a 3,000-item collection it possesses to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Last June, the insurance giant apologized for its role in the slave trade. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Dr. Katie Donington, a lecturer at London South Bank University, to understand this latest development and what comes next.
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