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VIVIAN CRAWFORD, born in Moore Town, Portland, came to historic Kingston city for the first time in 1949, on a market truck. The experience was so enriching that he went back home speaking “proper English”. Ten years later, he returned to Kingston.
The following is a submission by Olivia Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport . This is the second year that we have called the nation to observe March 25 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Chattel.
An international economics consulting firm has estimated that the United Kingdom owes Jamaica US$9.5 trillion in reparations. Further, it is also estimated that Spain owes Jamaica US$103 billion for slavery. The position was put forward in a paper.
A report on reparation for transatlantic chattel slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean has suggested a US$108-trillion debt owed by the perpetrators.
According to the report, launched at The .