King Charles is right about slavery. But Christians should remember the whole story

As King Charles confronts Britain’s shameful role in slavery, the debate over reparations continues. But Christians should neither minimise the horrors of the past nor overlook the faith that helped abolish slavery, says Lois Mclatchie-Miller

I write from the very hot and humid island of Antigua, where political leaders descended this week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM),. Among the press pack, parliamentarians, business leaders and civil society groups, one conversation dominated the agenda: will Britain pay reparations to the Caribbean populations impacted by historic slavery?

In a viral speech, King Charles described the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a shameful chapter that fills his heart with horror and “profound personal sorrow”.

Slavery was an abomination. Millions of Africans were captured and treated brutally; trapped in basements caked in human excrement, before being loaded on to ships where many would meet their death. Those who survived were bought and sold as cattle.