Quaker Meetings were asked to consider the history of the enslavement of African people and possible Quaker involvement in that history. We have been asked to reflect on what form of reparation might be appropriate; to consider how this past might be recognised and what, if anything would be acceptable and helpful for our local
African-descent communities. To this end the Information and Outreach Committee has begun to research Brighton Quakers’ involvement, if any with the trading of enslaved people, and the wider picture across the Society during the 17th and 18th centuries.