Editing Atlantic slave trade (section)

====United Kingdom====
In December 1999, [[Liverpool City Council]] passed a formal motion apologising for the [[Liverpool slave trade|city's part]] in the slave trade. It was unanimously agreed that [[Liverpool]] acknowledges its responsibility for its involvement in three centuries of the slave trade. The city council has made an unreserved apology for Liverpool's involvement and the continual effect of slavery on Liverpool's black communities.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[National Museums Liverpool]] |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/srd/liverpool.aspx |title=Liverpool and the transatlantic slave trade |access-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929132116/https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/transatlantic-slave-trade |archive-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>

In November 2006, British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] made a partial apology for Britain's role in the African slavery trade. However African rights activists denounced it as "empty rhetoric" that failed to address the issue properly. They feel his apology stopped shy to prevent any legal retort.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6185176.stm |title=Blair 'sorrow' over slave trade |work=[[BBC News]] |date=27 November 2006 |access-date=15 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508233451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6185176.stm |archive-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> Blair again apologized on 14 March 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6451793.stm |title=Blair 'sorry' for UK slavery role |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 March 2007 |access-date=15 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326085934/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6451793.stm |archive-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>

In August 2007, [[Ken Livingstone]] ([[Mayor of London]]) apologized publicly for London's role in the [[History of slavery|slave trade]]. "You can look across there to see the institutions that still have the benefit of the wealth they created from slavery," he said, pointing towards the financial district, before breaking down in tears. He said that London was still tainted by the horrors of slavery. [[Jesse Jackson]] praised Mayor Livingstone and added that reparations should be made.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muir |first1=Hugh |title=Livingstone weeps as he apologises for slavery |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/aug/24/london.humanrights |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 August 2007 |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404134610/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/aug/24/london.humanrights |archive-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[Bank of England]] apologized for the role of directors in the Atlantic slave trade and pledged to remove pictures and statues of the 25 bank leaders who owned or traded in slavery.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Bank of England says sorry for slave links as UK faces past |url=https://apnews.com/article/england-london-ap-top-news-slavery-international-news-c2b6149374a9532a748fd9cf0fbcc8e4 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=[[AP News]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131062908/https://apnews.com/article/england-london-ap-top-news-slavery-international-news-c2b6149374a9532a748fd9cf0fbcc8e4 |archive-date=31 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jolly |first=Jasper |date=18 June 2020 |title=Bank of England apologises for role of former directors in slave trade |language=en-GB |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/18/bank-of-england-apologises-for-role-of-former-directors-in-slave-trade |access-date=10 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107215914/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/18/bank-of-england-apologises-for-role-of-former-directors-in-slave-trade |archive-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>