{"id":6890,"date":"2026-05-28T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/church-of-scotland-apologizes-for-role-in-slavery\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:16:53","slug":"church-of-scotland-apologizes-for-role-in-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/church-of-scotland-apologizes-for-role-in-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Scotland Apologizes for Role in Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ski9xOsyFII\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Church of Scotland has publicly apologised for its historic role and connections to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. The apology has sparked renewed discussions around reparations, accountability, colonial history, and the lasting impact of slavery on Black communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we discuss:<\/p>\n<p>The Church of Scotland\u2019s official apology<br \/>\nHistorical ties to slavery and colonialism<br \/>\nReactions from Black communities and historians<br \/>\nGrowing global reparations conversations<br \/>\nThe role religious institutions played in slavery<\/p>\n<p>As more institutions revisit their historical involvement in slavery, many people are asking what accountability and justice should look like today.<\/p>\n<p>#ChurchOfScotland #Slavery #Reparations #BlackHistory #BreakingNews #CurrentEvents #History #Colonialism #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #Scotland #Politics #WorldNews #AfricanDiaspora #NewsUpdate #HistoricalTruth<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Scotland has publicly apologised for its historic role and connections to slavery and the transatlantic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-261.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}