The Codrington Project through the eyes of tenants

CLS Sunday Meeting 11 October at 2pm London time
[note 2nd Sunday as we are all going to Cable Street on the 4th]
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:-
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/WcZ8Oi98SvC8gVkdIp1l7A

Speakers from The Codrington Estate Tenants and Farmers Union

Plaque erected by the entrance to the All Souls College Library, Oxford to the enslaved who worked on the Codrington Plantations

There has been recent controversy in the press in Barbados about the Codrington Trust’s management of the Codrington Estate. There are also questions about the attitude of the Codrington Trust and the United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) to Reparations. From 1711-1835, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), forerunner of the USPG, exploited the labour of enslaved persons on the Codrington Estates in Barbados thereby committing crimes against humanity.

Come and hear the views of the tenants and farmers on the estate.

The meeting will start with a brief introduction to the historical connection between Codrington and African enslavement.