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February 3, 2007
Barclays: No ‘blood money’ here
Brooklyn Paper
A British bank that is under fire from black leaders for profiting from the slave trade centuries ago is fighting back, issuing a long-awaited statement that claims the allegation “is simply not true.”In letters sent late Thursday to several journalists — including those at The Brooklyn Paper — Barclays spokesman Peter Truell asked that the newspapers “immediately retract” stories that relied on what Truell called “simply untrue” and “misleading” evidence of the bank’s slavery links.
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Truell would not provide The Brooklyn Paper with supporting data or citations for his claim that “the partnership bank on which we were founded did not profit from the slave trade or slavery.”
The Brooklyn Paper also reprinted in full the letter sent to them by Barclay's. Read it here.
Posted by amy at February 3, 2007 9:46 AM