The slave trade

The Archbishop of York has called on Britain to make a formal apology for the slave trade.

Why ???

Why should the people alive today apologise for what people did up to 200 years ago.
I will not apologise for the slave trade, the holocaust nor the crimean war!
If you dont like that, hard luck.

Oh sorry, I forgot, we also need to make "reparations"!
Now I see, its about the money, why am I not surprised!