In May 2023, just eight months ago, eight of us launched Heirs of Slavery. We hoped to encourage other people to come forward – people who, like us, had discovered that their families had benefited from the wealth created by transatlantic enslavement and the industries that thrived on that. Friends and allies descended from enslaved people had told us that Britain’s tendency to deny or play down the significance of the enslavement era was still doing harm. Acknowledging that great crime against millions of African people would help in addressing the consequences that affect our society today.