Benedict Cumberbatch’s family could be forced to pay reparations for ancestors’ slaves
The family of Benedict Cumberbatch could be forced to pay reparations for slavery after it was revealed he has familial ties to a sugar plantation in Barbados.
The Caribbean nation, which became a republic in 2021, is looking for reparations from the families of past slave owners and Cumberbatch could find himself in a legal battle over his ancestors owning a plantation in the 18th and 19th century.
