The United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom on Sunday issued a solemn apology to Jamaica, the Caribbean, and Africa for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, regarded by many as the greatest crime against humanity.
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Reparatory justice in my view has to do with the payment of reparations to the descendants of slaves in the Caribbean, whose ancestors were forcibly brought here and forced to work on plantations without reward, and treated most inhumanely. The advocates of reparations argue that it should be just and fair, and that this would facilitate internal development initiatives by Caribbean people themselves, and help to alleviate much of the poverty and underdevelopment caused by slavery and the plantation system.
Reparations that is embedded with a Ubuntu philosophy is the process of repairing our personhood. It is the way in which we can collectively call “See me here!”, the way in which we can be seen.
Niambi Hall-Campbell | Remixing our views on reparation Read More »
Literary art, and art in general, is particularly well-placed to impact the individual, spark imagination and act as a signpost to what a new, more just, more socially equal future could look like.
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These visible and tangible connections that publicly acknowledge our history are a vital step towards healing and repair.
Memorialising the Caribbean and the UK’s Shared History Read More »
Memorialising is really about confronting trauma in the past. Memorialisation, when done effectively, is about providing space and time for healing. Acknowledging that trauma has happened, honouring the persons who were victimised during that point of trauma and then coming up with a way to heal the fissures in society.
History and Healing in the Museum Space Read More »
Memorialisation is about repair.
Barbados’ Efforts to Memorialise Chattel Slavery Read More »
The CRC calls on the relevant European nations to oKer full, unreserved and unconditional apologies, accept responsibility for their role in perpetrating crimes against humanity of native genocide and chattel enslavement in the Caribbean and to repair the lasting consequences of early European expansion and growth.
Making amends for the injustice of slavery is about strengthening our connections, both within our communities and between the UK and the Caribbean. The Repair Campaign is calling on the UK to do the right thing. Three little words. I am sorry…
60% of people in the UK support an apology for slavery – research Read More »
In tribute to the ancestors, we must continue to pursue reparations for the hundreds of years of chattel enslavement on plantations in this country. It is not enough that the enslavers and their descendants should regret the suffering that slavery inflicted on our ancestors. When you have done something wrong, you must take responsibility for it, apologise and try to set things right. That is really the essence of our demand.
Olivia Grange | Doing right by the ancestors Read More »
Indentureship deserves to be acknowledged and addressed as part of the reparations’ agenda, as it is an integral part of the Caribbean history and experience. It has left a lasting legacy and impact on the Caribbean region and its people.
CARICOM, Chattel Slavery and Indentureship Read More »
The hereditary principle of slavery as it relates to the Caribbean is one of the chattel enslavement dynamics that the Caribbean nations and other organisations currently drafting reparative justice claims against the UK might wish to consider more closely.
The King, the Archbishop, and Hereditary Slavery Read More »
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