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The British Central Bank and The Church of England have both apologised for The Role played by some of their older figures in The Slave Trade .

the Former Bank of England governors and Directors, and profited from slavery, as a Bishop and dozens of other clergy.

The Bank said it would ensure that the images of the previous governors, who were involved in The Slave Trade is displayed in the buildings.

The Church is described, the story as a "source of shame".

"slavery, and exploitation have No Place In Society ," a Church spokeswoman said.

In 2006, The Church of The Descendants of the victims of The Slave Trade .

Its missionary arm, The Society for the propagation of The Christian Religion in Foreign Parts (SPG), inherited three of the sugar estates in The Caribbean .

The plantation was run for The Church by professional growers, but the profits went to The Missionary group. Slaves working on The Estate branded on the chest with The Word "society".

And now, The Daily Telegraph, nearly 100 are also spiritual benefits individually from slavery.

"we recognize the leading role of the clergy and the active members of The Church of England played in the securing of the abolition of slavery, it is a source of shame that others committed in The Church to slavery and benefited from it," the spokeswoman said.

When slavery was abolished in 1833, the British government levied huge amounts for the compensation. But the money was not paid out to those who are enslaved, but was given instead of The Slave -owners for their "loss of human property".

A database compiled by showing that at least 11 former governors and early 16 Directors benefits from either of these payments, or to the left, to The Slave Trade .

"There can be No Doubt that the 18th and 19Th Century was The Slave Trade to an unreasonable part of the English story," said a Bank spokeswoman said.

"As an institution, The Bank of England was never involved itself directly in The Slave Trade , but is aware that some of the inexcusable compounds, the former governors and Directors, and apologizes for it. "

said The Bank had begun, to ensure a "thorough review" of one's own collection of images, no images remained of someone in The Slave -Trade on the display.

the pressure is growing on companies around The World to address links to slavery and the fight against racial inequality after the death of George Floyd in the United States last month in police custody.

video showed Mr Floyd, who was unarmed and in handcuffs dying, after a white police officer knelt on his neck, the almost nine minutes.

On Wednesday, a pub chain Greene King , and the insurance market Lloyd's of London to The Slave Trade .

One of the Greene King 's founder is in possession of A Number of plantations in The Caribbean , while the maritime insurance business of the Lloyd' s, were on the trans-Atlantic slave Trade .

Source of news: bbc.com