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Trevelyan Family

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Statement TypeApology
Date of Statement27/02/2023
Issuing BodyIndividuals
Apology & Regret StatementsMembers of the Trevelyan family travelled to Grenada in February 2023 to atone for their ancestors’ role and financial gain in the plantation system. Following a heartfelt formal apology on 27 February to the victims themselves and their descendants, family member, BBC Correspondent, Laura Trevelyan has pledged £100,000 in reparations, donated to the University of the West Indies, with the wider family keen to establish a future reparations fund. They also issued a public statement to other British families, as well as the UK government, to engage in conversations on apologies and reparations with Caribbean officials and the descendants of the enslaved.
Verification Sourcehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/british-slave-owners-family-makes-public-apology-in-grenada
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