Desirée Baptiste

Jul 20, 2024 | msn.com | Desirée Baptiste |Jon Ungoed-Thomas

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Jul 20, 2024 | theguardian.com | Desirée Baptiste |Jon Ungoed-Thomas

The archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of the work to address the Church of England’s historic links to chattel slavery on a trip to Jamaica, as new archive research reveals that the slave trader Edward Colston left a bequest in the 18th century to the church’s missionary arm. Justin Welby is on a three-day visit to the West Indies to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

May 25, 2024 | theguardian.com | Desirée Baptiste |Jon Ungoed-Thomas

An archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century approved payments for the purchase of enslaved people for two sugar plantations in Barbados, documents seen by the Observer have revealed. Thomas Secker agreed to reimburse a payment for £1,093 for the purchase of enslaved people on the Codrington Plantations, as well as hiring enslaved people from a third party. It was stated the measures were “calculated for the future lasting advantages of the estates”.

May 25, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jon Ungoed-Thomas |Desirée Baptiste

In the 18th century an enslaved mixed race woman named Quasheba escaped from a sugar plantation where she was held captive on Barbados. There are no records of Quasheba’s fate, but the horrific conditions from which she fled in 1783 are well-documented. She is simply recorded in official papers as “run away”. Other enslaved people on the same plantations killed themselves in the face of violence, punishment and tyranny.

Dec 28, 2023 | theguardian.com | Maeve McClenaghan with |Desirée Baptiste |Brooke N. Newman |Maya Wolfe-Robinson

This week we are revisiting some of our favourite episodes. Today in Focus will return with new episodes on Tuesday 2 January 2024. While other reporters in the Guardian investigations team travelled the UK looking at horses, jewels and artworks to help uncover the royal family’s hidden wealth, David Conn looked much further back in time for his part in the Cost of the crown project.