Andrew Hawkins - the descendent of one of the first British slave traders, Sir John Hawkins - kneeled in chains in front of 25,000 Africans in Gambia and asked for forgivness.

Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK. Mr Hawkins and organisers of his trip to Africa say not enough has been done to apologise for the wrong of slavery.

So should we say sorry for enslaving africans? They seem to have pretty much paid us back for what we did by increasing the amount of crime in the US and creating rap.

Apologize? Back to work!

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