Guyana’s president asks European slave traders’ descendants to pay reparations | Guyana | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/25/guyanas-president-asks-european-slave-traders-descendants-to-pay-reparations

#Guyana
#Reparations
#SlaveTrade

Meanwhile, trying to put a price on Britain's involvement in #Slavery continues....

Patrick Robinson of the #UnitedNations has calculated that the UK owes around £18 trillion to the 14 countries most impacted by the #slavetrade.... but accepts that this is likely an underestimate.

If countries *could* find a mechanism to force such a claim (and countries could go #bankrupt), the UK's days might be numbered - a bit like #wilko?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66596790

Activists Have Long Called for #Charleston to Confront Its Racial History. #Tourists Are Now Expecting It.
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Surging interest from visitors is contributing to a more honest telling of the city’s role in the American #slave trade.

But tensions are flaring as #SouthCarolina lawmakers restrict race-based teachings.

#Slavery #Racism #Education #Tourism #SlaveTrade #History #USHistory #Museum #Travel #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/tourism-helping-charleston-confont-racial-history?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Some time in #bristol mshed and dropped to have a look at the small exhibit on #slavetrade. Quite an impression even on my old mind about what it meant and why it still matters

"DUTCH KING APOLOGISES FOR NETHERLANDS' ROLE IN SLAVERY"

"The king's speech followed Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology late last year for the country's role in the slave trade and slavery. It is part of a wider reckoning with colonial histories in the West that have been spurred in recent years by the Black Lives Matter movement.
When Rutte apologised in December, he stopped short of offering compensation to descendants of enslaved people.

Instead, the government is establishing a €200 million fund for initiatives that tackle the legacy of slavery in the Netherlands and its former colonies and to improve education about the issue.

That isn't enough for some in the Netherlands. Two groups, Black Manifesto and The Black Archives, organised a protest march before the king's speech Saturday under the banner "No healing without reparations.""

#Euronews #Netherland #Slavery #Colonialism #History #SlaveTrade

@histodons
@anthropology
@sociology

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/01/dutch-king-apologises-for-netherlands-role-in-slavery

#Slavery and the Making of the #Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSxROq8Oyk
#jesus #christianity #slavetrade #christian #ethics #morals #bartehrman #atheism

Oh dear. They had some complaints.
#Cumbria #SlaveTrade
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/16/lake-district-tour-boat-firm-accused-by-boatmaster-of-censoring-windermere-links-to-slavery

Amazing docu that sheds light on a part of the history of St Helena island that seems to be forgotten or possibly even being hidden on purpose: A Story of Bones
https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/storyofbones/ #AStoryOfBones #documentary #StHelenaIsland #slaveTrade

Amazing docu that sheds light on a part of the history of St Helena island that seems to be forgotten or possibly even being hidden on purpose: A Story of Bones
https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/storyofbones/ #AStoryOfBones #documentary #StHelenaIsland #slaveTrade

The Scott Trust publishes review into the Guardian’s historical connections with transatlantic slavery, issuing an apology and outlining a programme of restorative justice: * Research published today shows that much of the wealth of the Guardian’s founder and his backers was connected to transatlantic slavery
* The Scott Trust apologises for the origins of the wealth used to found the Guardian and the part its founders played in the slavery… https://srilankabrief.org/the-scott-trust-publishes-review-into-the-guardians-historical-connections-with-transatlantic-slavery-issuing-an-apology-and-outlining-a-programme-of-restorative-justice/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #International #Slavetrade

#IrishHistory Podcast: Belfast and the #SlaveTrade

Webseite der Episode: https://shows.acast.com/irishhistory/episodes/belfast-and

Mediendatei: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6462f561f754a900110e0ce5/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=-FWHiXJWOhMv6RN9t5SXpX75UvhsANmVfJjua30EScI#t=9

Cotton Capital: The #Guardian cynically “discovers” its links to the #slavetrade

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/04/cott-m04.html

A report for the General Assembly on the #Church of #Scotland's connections to the transatlantic #SlaveTrade has been published
#slavery #ChurchofScotland #history #Christianity #GA2023
https://churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/articles/the-church-and-the-legacies-of-slavery

@IKnowSmithy

Our world is surreal, bizarre, insane and cruel.

How far are we from "A fair start for every child" ?

#NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #Empire #SlaveTrade #EnergyCrisis #ClimateCrisis #HealthCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #Inequality
#AntiCapitalism #Degrowth

@dudleytribune @leighms @miacandera
Owning people has always been immoral, but sometimes socially acceptable.

#Bristol, where I live, played a large part in the UK's #SlaveTrade. I visited the house of one of the slave traders, where an account of his first visit to a slave market said he felt it wrong to deal in people, but if the #bible ordained it so, he would put it out of his mind.

#ModernSlavery is acceptable to most people (i.e. they do nothing about it). Doesn't make it moral.

King Charles supports study into Royal Family slavery links

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65200570

#KingCharlesIII #Slavery #SlaveTrade #RoyalFamily

UK government and royals called on to investigate slavery links after Guardian apology

UN experts lead calls for public and private bodies to take steps toward restorative justice

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/29/uk-government-royals-called-on-investigate-slavery-links-after-guardian-apology

#slavery #slavetrade #Guardian #Manchester #cotton

Yes, #wikipedia: Penrhyn Castle is fake. But as your article goes on to explain it was built from the profits of the #slavetrade and specifically #Jamaican sugar plantations; and local exploitation of slate workers. As a #didyouknow these points are surely as important as the castle's fakery?

Reply to "Slavery has ALWAYS been a thing!"

(More than 15 seconds this time)

https://youtu.be/FXEltWSpsgI

#history #archaeology #transatlanticslavetrade #slaves #slavetrade #UK #Britain #heritage #discussion #response

In the decades after the closing of the legal #transatlantic #slavetrade, a domestic trade in enslaved people boomed in the US for more than half a century.
In this presentation, Joshua D. Rothman will describe the ebbs & flows of the domestic slave trade over time, explore some of the #myths about the trade, & examine its impact on the lives of those trafficked in this forced #migration.
➡️https://buff.ly/3SMvauF

#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter