Jamaica takes slavery reparations campaign to King Charles
Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1834, but successive governments have rejected calls for reparations or a formal apology.
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Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1834, but successive governments have rejected calls for reparations or a formal apology.
Britain expresses sorrow over slavery, but rejects financial compensation.
Hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans toiled in Jamaica under more than 300 years of British rule.
A Jamaican government delegation visiting Britain is set to file a petition addressed to King Charles on Monday, raising the question of slavery reparations, Kingstonโs culture ministry said. Culture Minister Olivia Grange will lead the delegation โto advance Jamaicaโs push for reparations for the African ancestors who suffered under hundreds of years of enslavementโ, the ministry said in a statement. The petition asks the king, who is Jamaicaโs head of state, to refer three questions on the...
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