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Archbishop of Canterbury says biological father was involved in slavery

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 22, CMC – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says it has come as a “complete surprise” to have learnt that his my biological father, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne, who owned slaves on  a plantation in Jamaica and was later compensated by the British government when slavery was abolished.

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