# The London hospital funded by donors who invested in the slave trade

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-14 13:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/14/london-hospital-st-barts-funded-donors-invested-slave-trade

> At least 50 people with deep financial ties to St Bartholomew’s Hospital are linked to Britain’s transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans, according to a register compiled by three universities. Commemorated benefactors include Jeffrey Jeffreys, Edward Colston and others who invested in slave-trading companies or profited from them.