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Experts put estimate for economic harm done by 200 years of chattel slavery at $2tn, but stress this is ‘not an invoice’

The issue is on all our minds at this week’s Commonwealth summit in Samoa. Now is Keir Starmer’s chance to address it, says Caricom Reparations Commission chair Hilary Beckles

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This Black History Month UK 2025, A powerful live event exploring Britain’s 400-year involvement in the Caribbean, through Word & Music

Why this matters today

We are a small group of British people who have researched their family histories, and learned that their ancestors made significant wealth from, or helped organise, more than two centuries of industr...

We are a small group of British people who have researched their family histories, and learned that their ancestors made significant wealth from, or helped organise, more than two centuries of industr...

At the abolition of the slave trade two centuries ago, the British government paid huge amounts of compensation to slave-owners. Only in 2015 did British taxpayers stop paying off this debt.How is it ...

Presented by the Centre for Life Writing and Oral History, with the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre, at London Met.

Findings in Tower Hamlets archives shed light on resistance to enslavement likened to Underground Railroad in US

Freedom Seekers reveals the hidden stories of Britain’s enslaved people and their liberation. This book brings the history of slavery in England to light, revealing the powerful untold stories of resi...

Findings in Tower Hamlets archives shed light on resistance to enslavement likened to Underground Railroad in US

Grenada’s prime minister jabs at European Commission president over historical slave trade.

David Olusoga and Alan Lester reveal the dark realities of the British Empire, and reflect on the importance of historians amid the resurgence of nationalism and misinformation.

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