Hurricane-battered Grenada grapples with climate crisis and legacy of slavery
Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery When category 4 Hurricane Beryl hit...
Category : Slavery
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...
Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa
The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery Lloyd’s Register, the maritime...
Evaristos united: namesakes Bernardine and Conceição meet at book festival
Celebrated authors discuss the somewhat connected stories of their shared surname at literary event in Rio Born more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize...
Candidates to lead Commonwealth urge reparations for slavery and colonialism
Three African contenders for role of secretary general call for financial measures or reparative justice The three candidates to be the next secretary general of...
Anglican group launches £7m project in Barbados to atone for slavery atrocities
Funds will help communities living on the Codrington estate, which was home to two sugar plantations An Anglican church group is to launch a £7m...
Rise of far right makes reparations debate tough, says Cape Verde president
José Maria Neves says governments should still try to have such conversations and build solutions using diplomatic corridors Cape Verde’s president, José Maria Neves, said...
Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy
Lambeth Palace documents show purchase of enslaved people in 18th century approved by Anglican archbishop • Life on plantations owned by Church of England missionary...
Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schools Portugal needs to “pay...
Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation
Government U-turn as PM Mia Mottley acknowledges anger from reparations movement over plan to buy Barbados land from Dorset MP Richard Drax The prime minister...
