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John Edward Taylor - 2 Cassandra Gooptar - 2 Gooptar - 2 — - 1 Maya Wolfe - 1 Robinson - 1 Shuttleworth - 1 Taylor - 1
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Jamaica Manchester Derbyshire East Midlands England Florida , Georgia South Carolina Britain
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☆ One of Britain's most progressive newspapers investigated itself and found it was financed by the slave trade
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
They also discovered nine original investors in the newspaper profited from the slavery economy. The Guardian is more than 200 years old and one of Britain's most progressive newspapers. The Guardian — Britain's most prominent progressive newspaper — was founded by men who profited off the transatlantic slavery economy, researchers commissioned by the outlet found. She also found that nine of the outlet's original investors had ties to transatlantic slavery in the early 19th Century, according to her report. Gooptar said a crucial part of her research involved pinpointing the identities of more than 300 enslaved people in both the Sea Islands and Jamaica.
Persons: John Edward Taylor, Cassandra Gooptar, —, Maya Wolfe, Robinson, Gooptar Organizations: Guardian, Morning, New York Times, The Guardian Locations: Jamaica, Manchester
☆ A Top U.K. Newspaper Explores Its Ties to Slavery, and Britain’s
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( David Segal | More About David Segal | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It is the kind of historical artifact that would be easy to miss: an old and fragile little book unearthed in the archives of the Derbyshire Record Office, in the East Midlands of England. The book, a commercial ledger from 1822, holds the names of enslavers who ran cotton plantations on islands along the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The Taylor in question was none other than John Edward Taylor, founder of The Manchester Guardian, now known simply as The Guardian, the most prominent progressive newspaper in Britain for more than two centuries. “In that moment, what I realized is that we can now connect the founder of The Guardian to the enslaved people of the Sea Islands,” Ms. Gooptar said in a recent call from Trinidad, where she grew up. “It proved that he was importing cotton, picked by slaves, for profits.”
Persons: Shuttleworth, Cassandra Gooptar, Taylor, John Edward Taylor, Ms, Gooptar, ” Organizations: Taylor, University of Hull, The Manchester Guardian, Guardian Locations: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, Florida , Georgia, South Carolina, Britain, Trinidad
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