Thomas Newton

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Thomas Newton was an 18th-century dean of St Paul’s Cathedral known for his pro-slavery ideology, arguing that Africans were destined for servitude, reflecting the complicity of the Church of England in the slave trade.

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United Kingdom: Thomas Newton, later the dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, argued Africans were destined to be 'servants of servants'. 2

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The Guardian: Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate | Anglicanism