Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation
Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes The Conservative MP under fire for...
Category : Slavery
Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds
Exclusive: Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873 Historians have generally assumed that...
EU must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs
Draft resolution to European parliament committee is first formal attempt to place reparations for slavery on EU agenda The European Union should urgently address and...
African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery
African Union and Caricom members establish global reparations fund and call for formal apologies from European nations A global movement to seek reparations for slavery...
UK politicians and campaigners call for reparative justice for African slave trade
Cross-party MPs host inaugural conference to agree on common statement to put to parliament Politicians, campaigners and community groups are uniting for the first time...
Brazil bank’s past slavery ties to be investigated in unprecedented inquiry
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans Brazilian prosecutors have launched...
London church unveils artwork of African-born abolitionist
Che Lovelace paintings in St James’s church are first permanent art commission to honour Quobna Ottobah Cugoano A permanent artwork to commemorate the 250th anniversary...
Family of former British PM apologises for enslaver past in Guyana
Descendants of William Gladstone urge British government to discuss reparations in the Caribbean The descendants of the former British prime minister William Gladstone have apologised...
Guyana’s president asks European slave traders’ descendants to pay reparations
Irfaan Ali also demands posthumous charges for crimes against humanity for traders and enslavers The president of Guyana has called on descendants of European slave...
