CARICOM should seek reparation for slavery, says UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor
Governments need to create a regional reparation agency to present an international case against its former colonizers.
Describing slavery as the “Worst Crime against humanity”, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Professor Hillary Beckles, called for an ‘informed and sensible conversation’.
He said Caribbean descendants of African slaves have both moral and legal rights to reparation for the injustices that were done during the slave trade.
Sir Hilary was at the time delivering the first of a series of lectures to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the 1763 Berbice Slave Revolt as part of Republic celebrations, Continue reading