UK agrees to talk about apology for slavery

The British government says it will sit down for "time-bound" discussions regarding the country's history with the slave trade.

The United Kingdom has agreed to hold official talks about the country’s history with slavery. For a long time, many countries have asked the UK to apologize for its role in the slave trade. Slavery is the practice of forcing people to work against their will. It is a dark part of history where millions of people were captured and treated as property. Now, the British government says they are ready to talk about it. They used the words "time-bound" for these discussions. This means they plan to set a specific schedule for the talks so they don't go on forever without a goal. This is a big …