{"id":89573,"date":"2025-03-27T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=89573"},"modified":"2025-03-27T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:18:28","slug":"it-is-not-over-the-tainted-history-of-slavery-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/it-is-not-over-the-tainted-history-of-slavery-in-wales","title":{"rendered":"It is not over: The tainted history of slavery in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welsh slave owning past has resurfaced as descendants uncover their ancestors&#8217; deep ties. Given that the impact did not end when slavery did, does Wales need to reckon with its past?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-770x434.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-770x434.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two Cardiff academics have dedicated their life plans to reconciling with their past after discovering their family ties with slavery in Wales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>April and Laura have never met, but history ties them together. While April is the descendant of Jamaican slaves, Laura comes from a British family that built their wealth from owning them. From opposite sides, both women are trying to ignite conversations that many are reluctant to open back up. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr April-Louise Pennant takes her last name after the Pennant family in North Wales. The family owned Penrhyn Castle until the 1950s with most of the family\u2019s wealth coming from the profits reaped from sugar produced at their Jamaican plantations. Their history is well documented, yet it leaves out the lives of the enslaved Africans in Jamaica responsible for enriching the Pennant family while inheriting nothing but the name that enslaved them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a child, I was told that my surname was Welsh in origin. But it wasn\u2019t until I moved to Wales that I began to explore the connection with Penrhyn. The wealth produced by slavery had a huge impact on the history of Wales, yet there remains a huge silence of the voices of enslaved African people in current narratives,\u201d said the award-winning sociologist and activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Dr Pennant traced back the origin of her name, she was driven by her goal to educate people on her untold Jamaican family history that was buried and long forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an area of history that has been overlooked and it\u2019s now time to make sure that the enslaved Africans that gave so much are rightfully recognised and honoured for the role they played in the fortunes of Wales,\u201d said Dr Pennant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the opposite end, Laura Trevelyan, a British Amercian journalist, has also come to the realisation that her current state of wealth and privilege comes due to her family\u2019s owning of slaves in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking with Caribbean leaders, my family apologised to the people of Grenada in a public ceremony. At the advice of Grenada\u2019s leaders, I paid reparations to support education in Grenada as a lack of education, poverty and illiteracy were direct legacies of slavery,\u201d said Laura.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the founder of Heirs of Slavery, she encourages other British families with similar histories to fix the past they cannot change or deny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/penrhyn-castle-gardens-national-trust-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The touristic landmark, Penrhyn Castle, was built brick by brick by slaves owned by the Pennant family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the many affected, both April and Laura expressed the need for the British government to engage in reparatory justice, but their requests have gone unanswered, with no plans to address them anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about reparations, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, \u201cI think from my point of view and taking the approach, I\u2019ve just taken, I\u2019d rather roll up my sleeves and work with them on the current future-facing challenges than spend a lot of time on the past. That\u2019s my focus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister mentioned that his focus is on current issues like climate change. But if the dreadful past isn\u2019t going to be addressed, is it only painful to remember, or do its consequences still affect us too?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think all of that money had disappeared by the end of the 19th\u00a0century. There\u2019s nothing left of that money, physically, but I think there is privilege; that is something that has been inherited down the generations,\u201d said Renton, a descendant of slave owners and another founder of Heirs of Slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst the many voices that advocate for reparations, there is a lack of megaphones being passed to those affected but never heard, the descendants of the African slaves. And it is the lack of their voices that leads to the issue being dismissed as history with no lasting footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To uncover these voices, Dr Pennant is currently on fieldwork that will be used to help drive initiatives for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsing the case study of one family, which had two branches &#8211; the Pennants of North Wales and the Pennants of Jamaica, this research will facilitate connections across the Atlantic, documenting the histories of the people who created so much wealth and prosperity, but had none of the benefits,\u201d said Dr Pennant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research is driven not only by what happened in the past but also by the inequalities that still stand today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe more I research &amp; the more I learn, I also see, and am experiencing, just what a contested space I am venturing into &amp; how there remains unbalanced &amp; unchecked power and privilege in these spaces. It has also increased my interest in the heritage sector as a whole as I am understanding more and more about its importance in creating &amp; preserving the national identity &amp; memory of society,\u201d said Dr Pennant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh slave owning past has resurfaced as descendants uncover their ancestors&#8217; deep ties. 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