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Vaccines, debt forgiveness, scholarships as reparation for slavery
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Jamaica Seeks Billions of Pounds From U K Over Slavery Reparations
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Caribbean countries push for reparations, Jamaica to send petition to Queen
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Jamaica Planning To Seek Massive Amount Reparations Money From Britain Over Slave Trade
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The UK formerly abolished slavery in 1834, after which former slave owners were paid 20 million pounds - a large sum at the time. Jamaica s petition is based on a private motion from Jamaican lawmaker Mike Henry, who says the country is owed some 7.6 billion pounds (US$10.5 billion), which he calculated to be roughly equivalent to the payout UK slave owners received nearly 200 years ago.
We are hoping for reparatory justice in all forms that one would expect if they are to really ensure that we get justice from injustices to repair the damages that our ancestors experienced, said Culture minister Olivia Grange, adding Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities in Africa to carry out forced labour to the benefit of the British Empire.