In from the south, atlantic, but means of us will see some quieter weather, with some dry weather, but the showers are still an issue welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, coming to you from barbados. Im on an historic Sugar Plantation where Enslaved Africans toiled in backbreaking labour during three centuries of the transatlantic Slave Trade. Barbados was one of the earliest and most profitable of the slave colonies in the caribbean. This is the house on the grounds of the plantation, built in the 1650s, where the Slave Owners lived in great style. My guest is Barbados Born Eminent Historian Sir Hilary beckles. Hes Vice Chancellor of the University Of The West Indies and chair of a Caribbean Commission to gain reparations for the descendants of Enslaved Africans. What are his chances of success . Professor Sir Hilary beckles, welcome to hardtalk. Tremendous honour, pleasure to be here. Right, so, were here in the part of barbados that is your ancestral land, your great, great,
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me zeinab badawi, coming to you from barbados. Im on an historic Sugar Plantation where Enslaved Africans toiled in backbreaking labour during three centuries of the transatlantic Slave Trade. Barbados was one of the earliest and most profitable of the slave colonies in the caribbean. This is the house on the grounds of the plantation, built in the 16505, where the Slave Owners lived in great style. My guest is Barbados Born Eminent Historian Sir Hilary beckles. Hes Vice Chancellor of the University Of The West Indies and chair of a Caribbean Commission to gain reparations for the descendants of Enslaved Africans. What are his chances of success . Theme music plays professor Sir Hilary beckles, welcome to hardtalk. Tremendous honour, pleasure to be here. So, were here in the part of barbados that is your ancestral land, your great, great, great grandparents worked on Sugar Plantations just nearby. What is the legacy of that history of
Grounds of the plantatiOn, built in the 1650s, where the Slave Owners lived in great style. My guest is Barbados Born Eminent Historian Sir Hilary beckles. He is Vice Chancellor of the University Of The West Indies and chair of the Caribbean CommissiOn to gain reparatiOns for the descendants of Enslaved Africans. What are his chances of success . Professor Sir Hilary beckles, welcome to hardtalk. Tremendous hOnour, pleasure to be here. So, we are here in the part of barbados that is your ancestral land, your great, great, great grandparents worked On Sugar PlantatiOns just nearby. What is the legacy of that history of slavery here in barbados . This is where the global world and a Small Island came together 400 years ago. This is barbados, the first Slave PlantatiOn EcOnomy in the world. This is where slavery plantatiOn, british capitalism all came together. A small place becoming the centre of the financial world of the west. It is a tremendous history. A tremendous history, but it is
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