Cumberbatch himself confessed that his role of a planter in the "12 years of slavery", which makes every effort to exempt one of the slaves, as well as its participation in the painting "Amazing Grace" in the role of Prime Minister William Pitt Jr., boring with slavery in the territory British Empire, this is a kind of apology for the past of his family.
The British Star previously said that his name was common among families from the Caribbean countries thanks to its progenitors. In an interview, he even said that his mother, actress Wanda Ventham, who was playing, by the way, in the last season, Sherlock's mother warned not to use his real last name in the film industry, as she believed that he could face claims for refunds from the descendants of slaves.
While the family of Cumberbet's lawsuits did not impose, 14 Nations of the Caribbean last year announced that they would require compensation from the former colonial powers: Britain, France and the Netherlands. The countries hired a London firm of lawyers who have already provided the payment of Kenytsev relatives who were tortured during the colonial government of Great Britain in the 1950s. The islands stated that they will conduct "inventory" damage and will require apologies and reimbursions of financial losses. Britain canceled the slave trader in 1807.
Cumberbetchi was among many prominent rich families who built their condition on the slave trade.