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Caribbean Countries seek slavery reparations

from three European Countriesby Ben Fox, Associated Press | July 25, 2013 at 5:46 P

A !asta"arian #riest leads a c$ant durin% t$e celebration o" re%%ae &usic icon Bob arley's 6(t$ birt$day in t$e yard o" $is )in%ston $o&e, in

Ja&aica, *ednesday, Feb+ 6, 2013+ arley's relaties and old "riends -ere .oined by $undreds o" tourists to dance and c$ant to t$e #oundin% o" dru&sto $onor t$e late re%%ae icon -$o died o" cancer in 1/(1 at a%e 36+ AP P$oto aid cFadden

A AP eaders o" &ore t$an a do7en 8aribbean countries are launc$in% a united e""ort to

see9 coensation "ro& t$ree uro#ean nations "or -$at t$ey say is t$e lin%erin% le%acy o" t$e

Atlantic slae trade+

;$e 8aribbean 8o&&unity, a re%ional or%ani7ation t$at ty#ically "ocuses on rat$er dry issues suc$

as econo&ic inte%ration, $as ta9en u# t$e cause o" coensation "or slaery and t$e %enocide o"

natie #eo#les and is #re#arin% "or -$at -ould li9ely be a dra-naint ?incent and t$e @renadines, -$o $as been leadin% t$e e""ort+

;$e le%acy o" slaery includes -ides#read #oerty and t$e lac9 o" deelo#&ent t$at c$aracteri7es

&ost o" t$e re%ion, @onsales said, addin% t$at any settle&ent s$ould include a "or&al a#olo%y, but

contrition alone -ould not be su""icient+

The apology is important but that is wholly insufficient, $e said in a #$one interie- *ednesday

-it$ ;$e Associated Press+ We have to have appropriate recompense.

;$e notion o" "orcin% t$e countries t$at bene"ited "ro& slaery to #ay re#arations $as been a

decades

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&ore a&bitious t$an any #reious e""ort+

ac$ nation t$at does not $ae a national re#arations co&&ission a%reed to set one u#, sendin% a

re#resentatie to t$e re%ional co&&ission, -$ic$ -ould be oerseen by #ri&e &inisters+ ;$ey

a%reed to "ocus on Britain on be$al" o" t$e n%lis$urina&e, a "or&er utc$ colony on t$e nort$eastern ed%e

o" >out$ A&erica t$at is a &e&ber o" 8arico&+

n addition, t$ey brou%$t on t$e British law firm of Leigh Day, -$ic$ -a%ed a success"ul "i%$t "or

coensation "or $undreds o" )enyans -$o -ere tortured by t$e Britis$ colonial %oern&ent as

t$ey "ou%$t "or t$e liberation o" t$eir country durin% t$e so sex o""enders see9 sanctuary in 8aribbean sun !are anti o"" t$e $oo9 in 'slaery bla&e %a&e'

http://thegrio.com/2011/10/18/modern-slavery-still-thriving-internationally/http://thegrio.com/2010/09/08/us-sex-offenders-seek-sanctuary-in-caribbean-sun/http://thegrio.com/2011/03/03/rare-anti-slavery-booklet-acquired-by-uva/http://thegrio.com/2010/04/23/henry-louis-gates-gets-slaverys-history-all-wrong/http://thegrio.com/2011/10/18/modern-slavery-still-thriving-internationally/http://thegrio.com/2010/09/08/us-sex-offenders-seek-sanctuary-in-caribbean-sun/http://thegrio.com/2011/03/03/rare-anti-slavery-booklet-acquired-by-uva/http://thegrio.com/2010/04/23/henry-louis-gates-gets-slaverys-history-all-wrong/

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>&it$sonian to $ost ex$ibit on Je""erson, slaery

+ress release !,-./!3 06 July 2013

)eas agree on reparations follow0up action

8A!8I >ecretariat, ;ur9eyen, @reater @eor%eto-n, @uyana eads o" @oern&ent o" t$e8aribbean 8o&&unity 8A!8I, on t$e "inal day o" t$eir ;$irtytate -it$ t$e 8$air o" eac$ 8o&&ittee sittin% on a 8A!8I !e#arations 8o&&ission+ ;$e

eads o" @oern&ent o" Barbados 8$air, >t+ ?incent and t$e @renadines, aiti, @uyana,

>urina&e and ;rinidad and ;oba%o -ill #roide #olitical oersi%$t+

;$e decisions -ere ta9en "ollo-ed #resentations by e&ber >tates, led by >t+ ?incent and t$e

@renadines, and t$eir unani&ous su##ort o" t$e road &a#+

8$air o" t$e 8o&&unity, t$e )on" 2amla +ersa0Bissessar, Pri&e inister o" ;rinidad and

;oba%o, at an end