经济赔偿并非答案。与我们的英联邦大家庭携手合作，是确保我们共同繁荣的最佳途径。
Financial reparations are not the answer. Working together with our Commonwealth family is the best way to ensure prosperity for us all
- 安迪·伯纳姆对要求英国为其在奴隶贸易中扮演的角色正式道歉的呼声持开放态度1787年10月28日，托马斯·克拉克森挤过人群，登上曼彻斯特大教堂的讲坛。作为一名废奴运动家，他紧迫地讲述了奴隶贸易的恐怖和被奴役者的人性。“他饮下了悲伤之杯，”克拉克森说，“而且是我们递到他手中的。”在黑人历史月，这些是值得铭记的故事。它们向我们展示了我们历史的复杂真相。克拉克森布道后，数千名曼彻斯特市民签署了反对奴隶制的请愿书。然而，曼彻斯特的棉纺工业却建立在被奴役者的劳动之上。全国各地都有类似的故事。我们是一个勇敢的人引领废除奴隶制潮流的国家，但我们也是一个参与了人口贸易的国家。安迪·伯纳姆是英国首相
• Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade On 28 October 1787, Thomas Clarkson pushed through the crowds to reach the pulpit of Manchester Cathedral. A campaigner for abolishing slavery, he spoke urgently about the horrors of the slave trade and the humanity of enslaved people. “He drinks the cup of sorrow,” Clarkson said. “And he drinks it at our hands.”During Black History Month, these are the stories it is important to remember. They show us the complicated truth of our history. Thousands of people in Manchester signed a petition against slavery after Clarkson’s sermon. And yet Manchester’s cotton industry was built on the labour of enslaved people. There are similar stories up and down the nation. We are a country where brave people led the way in abolishing slavery, but we are also a country that participated in the trade in human lives. Andy Burnham is prime minister of the United Kingdom