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→British newspaper the Daily Mail says Dawkins' family fortune came from slave trade
=== British newspaper the Daily Mail says Dawkins' family fortune came from slave trade ===
=== British newspaper the Daily Mail says Dawkins' family fortune came from slave trade ===
On February 20, 2012, the British newspaper the Daily Mail reported that Dawkins' family fortune came from the slave trade".
On February 20, 2012, the British newspaper the ''Daily Mail'' reported that Dawkins' family fortune came from the slave trade".<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103319/Campaigner-Richard-Dawkins-faces-awkward-truth-money-came-slave-trade.html Revealed: How atheist Richard Dawkins' family fortune came from the slave trade, Daily Mail, February 20, 2012]</ref>
The Daily Mail reported:
The ''Daily Mail'' reported:
Ancestors of secularist campaigner Richard Dawkins made their fortune from the slave trade, it has been revealed.
{{cquote|Ancestors of secularist campaigner Richard Dawkins made their fortune from the slave trade, it has been revealed.
The outspoken atheist, who once branded the Catholic Church 'evil', is the direct descendent of Henry Dawkins who owned 1,013 slaves in Jamaica until he died in 1744.
The outspoken atheist, who once branded the Catholic Church 'evil', is the direct descendent of Henry Dawkins who owned 1,013 slaves in Jamaica until he died in 1744.
His 400-acre family estate, Over Norton Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, is believed to have been bought with money made through slave ownership hundreds of years ago.
His 400-acre family estate, Over Norton Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, is believed to have been bought with money made through slave ownership hundreds of years ago...
Richard's son, Henry, married into another of Jamaica's powerful slave trading families and left 1,013 slaves worth £40,736 when he died 1744.
Richard's son, Henry, married into another of Jamaica's powerful slave trading families and left 1,013 slaves worth £40,736 when he died 1744.