Tag: slavery
Jamaica to ask King Charles to refer issue of reparations for slavery to UK’s privy council
Hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans were shipped to the Caribbean island when it was a colony of the UK Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice on the issue of slavery reparations from the judicial committee of the privy council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth…
Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds
Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising Britons are widely ignorant of the scale and legacy of Britain’s involvement in slavery and colonialism, a survey has found, with the vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved, how long the trade went…
Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations
Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compensation for centuries of enslavement and oppression as a matter of simple justice. Between the 15th and the 19th century, more than 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into slavery. The issue of transatlantic slavery reparations dominated…