By: ShaCamree Gowdy Jamaica is seeking $10.6 billion in reparations from the United Kingdom, the former British territory that was the epicenter of the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries, when Africans were kidnapped, enslaved and forced to work on various plantations. “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,” Olivia Grange, minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, told Reuters’ Kate Chappell. “Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities in […]
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