The Slave Trade and Taxation

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In 20 18, the hatomarcy t was a treasury released a tweat that had a surprising friday fact. In order to end the system of slavery, the government paid the biggest baler in the history of u. K,. the uk, of the uk Economy, to the slave owner. The actually paid reparations to the slave owners a figure so large they had to take out a loan from the treasury. It represented forty percent of the british government's purse at that time. That is a hundred million pounds reparations to hot the slave owners. And it wasn't just this. Ar, denmark, holland, spain all paid rep

Should there be a broad programme of reparations – not just financial compensation, but acknowledgement of the crimes committed and the lasting damage caused by slavery? Or would this just worsen social tensions by reopening old wounds? That's the theme of this week's Sunday Debate. Arguing for the motion were Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University; and Esther Stanford-Xosei, reparations activist and lawyer. Arguing against the motion were Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress and co-founder of Michaela Community School in London; and Tony Sewell, educational consultant and CEO of the charity Generating Genius. The debate was chaired by social historian and presenter Emma Dabiri.

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