Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN

Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN

The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana.

Reparations for Caribbean enslavement demanded at historic UN meeting

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana. And former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan said she...

T&T- Reparations for Haiti Demanded by the Assembly of Caribbean People

On April 17, the Assembly of Caribbean People, joined by trade unions and other organizations, submitted a letter to the French Embassy demanding compensation from the French government to Haiti. David Abdulah, a member of the assembly’s regional executive committee, pointed out that the letter was in French, so the ambassador would have no justification for not comprehending its significance since it was sent to a representative of the French e…