Should Britain Pay Slavery Reparations? Should the Royals Apologise for Empire & Slavery?

Should Britain pay reparations for slavery? Do the Royal Family have anything to apologize for in regard to empire and slavery? In a panel discussion on Turkey's national broadcaster (TRT), historian & broadcaster Rafe Heydel-Mankoo, debates the subject with The Queen's former press secretary and a historian of black history & slavery.

[@saffa2326]

Let the Africans who sold the slaves start to admit their real guilt?

[@rickjames18]

They will never do that, everyone needs a fall guy and clearly people are falling for certain narratives. It doesn't surprise me, we are seeing similar issues in the US. People here like to blame their own failures on the "white man" but never look at themselves. I came to the US like so many other with nothing to make a life and find it interesting how minorities that were born here make the same choice over generations never changing and still blame others.

[@Jamie-Z]

There are the same activists saying the Benin Bronzes should be returned to Nigeria yet the Benin Empire made its wealth from selling slaves. They were objecting to ending slavery as they could not imagine actually working to earn money.

[@gam9063]

​@@Jamie-ZAnd yet some won't accept that Black Africans enslaved and sold other black African's. Doesn't fit the narrative you see

[@user-kf8uh3ug7m]

Every country in the world had their own forms of slavery e.g the Romans and the Egyptians.😊

[@bowiedoctor9156]

Slavery wasn't illegal until Britain abolished it in 1807 and then spent millions trying to enforce that on other countries. Many African countries still practise slavery as do China and some Arab states.

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

The abolishment of slavery act of 1833 not 1807 mate

[@bowiedoctor9156]

@@bugzyhardrada3168 No, mate, Britain abolished slavery in 1807.

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

@@bowiedoctor9156 no, Britain made it illegal in 1807. The abolishment didn't come into effect till 1830s Legislation was finally passed in both the Commons and the Lords which brought an end to Britain's involvement in the trade. The bill received royal assent in March and the trade was made *illegal* from 1 May 1807. It was now against the law for any British ship or British subject to trade in enslaved people. *The Act to Abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade is passed in 1833: Slavery Abolition Act is passed in Parliament, taking effect in 1834.*

[@johnnicol64]

William the Conquerer abolished slavery in uk 1080,s . To win support from the 20 % of the population who were slaves. Your talking about international slavery in the Empire and beyond .

[@cohort075]

@@johnnicol64 Not quite true. He stopped slaves from being sold out of England to other countries, on penalty of a fine to himself. It was the church in the early 1100’s who banned slavery.

[@SillySpudyRocking]

I'm not guilty of anything to do with what happened in the world before I was born. I'm not paying a penny, I live my own struggles, I'm responsible for my own family just like every male

[@kiranvarsani2076]

You may not be guilty, but your benefiting from the privilege.

[@SillySpudyRocking]

@@kiranvarsani2076 @kiranvarsani2076 O really? What privilege is that? I must admit it's quite impressive that you're able to to know enough of my life to pass judgement behind a screen. If you knew what you were talking about you wouldn't be just another NPC in the washing machine of buzzwords. If you knew the truth of who I am and what I've been through you'd never say I had privilege, Everything I have I earned myself through struggle and pain. Go earn your own money you manipulating theif in waiting.

[@camoltoe8]

@@kiranvarsani2076oh really take your head out of your back side not one black person in England have ever seen slavery nothing but money grabbing knuts

[@SillySpudyRocking]

@@Grappapappa Actually I think what I think Because I take my responsibilities seriously.

[@SillySpudyRocking]

Precisely what responsibility am I shunning?

[@Lee-kg7ze]

Hasn't Britain paid enough? Many lives were lost as the British navy chased down the slave ships. Britain only just finished off paying for slaves to be freed in 2014. Why is Britain the only country mentioned??? No, there is no point constantly apologizing for what happened years ago - especially when views have changed, people have grown and attitudes have changed. Btw, more African countries are asking to be part of the Commonwealth.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Considering how Jamaca, Barbados etc and the other British colonies in the Carribbean are much better off than the west African nations their ancestors were from, I fail to see why those Carribbean nations should be so upset by the Queen.

[@AVToth]

THANK YOU!👏

[@thefurrybastard1964]

They're after an easy buck.

[@penname5766]

Yep. Greed is the answer. Greed and entitlement. That’s why their home nations were so backward compared to Britain’s in the first place - because their mentality is destructive rather than constructive. Yes, obviously Britain wanted to flourish, but it had the sense to know that you need to build economies not break them or corrupt them. It’s no accident that Britain was the greatest superpower the world has ever known and why it ushered humanity into the modern age with the Industrial Revolution. And that’s why to this day, the British standards of fair play and manners are still held in such high regard. Other nations trust the British. They trust the military. They trust the police officers. They trust the justice system. The majority of the most successful countries on earth have a history of British colonisation. The ones that regained independence have either become some of the most corrupt in the world or their infrastructures have crumbled. The British knew what they were doing. They knew how to civilise.

[@B-A-L]

Something for nothing!

[@cfluff6716]

I’m bewildered that the first countries of Britain, America to oppose slavery as the historical norm who are now being blamed for slavery as a whole.

[@mogznwaz]

The anglosphere is the leader of the West - and the West is under attack from within and without

[@m8fright]

I think it's first world privilege, much like democracies where people fight to install communism. If a country was communist or enforced slavery you would never even be allowed to debate about it.

[@michaelmorgan9289]

You're not the only one.

[@kiranvarsani2076]

But but but we stopped slavery, that doesn't make us complicit in starting it. I hope that helps end your bewilderment.

[@FreakyLynx]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[@cfluff6716]

It’s much easier to blame others and claim you’re being pillaged than to accept accountability for you’re countries failures or lack of progress.

[@bsleds4585]

Exactly

[@michaelfraser5723]

IT'S also very very lucrative

[@clauuvm]

The African-British woman speaking needs to just look down her family lineage and find the Africans who sold her ancestors to slavery and ask THEM for reparations. After that, she needs to realize all the benefits SHE is reaping from her ancestor's slavery conditions. If they would have stayed in Africa, she would probably be one of many starving people, or worse, already died of malnutrition as a child. They just want to feel like victims themselves instead of commemorating the victims of slavery by moving on and doing some good the people who WERE left in Africa and are in need of their support.

[@LadyThunderbird63]

If she wants reparations she should move her money from one pocket to another and consider herself paid.

[@st3019]

That black woman who is British in name and passport only , should check here lineage Bc probably she’s a descendants of those who captured and sold slaves before they themselves were captured and sold to slavery.

[@bsleds4585]

Well said

[@Jamie-Z]

Yes, hundreds of years ago, there were people who accepted that slavery was a norm all around the world. Slavery had been the norm, globally, since time immemorial. The thing that was changing is that Britain was leading the world in a change, in ending slavery. Prior to Britain ending the global acceptance to slavery Britain was the only country that was opposed to slavery.

[@britishpatriot7386]

Your fact's will make the woke progressive types cry.

[@slap_A_flamingo]

👏 👏 👏

[@littleworkshopofhorrors2395]

​@@britishpatriot7386any facts will make a woke apoplectic if they aren't on its script of approved ones, which is a very small list!

[@bsleds4585]

So were south africans

[@guyplessier7935]

She should look at the racism in herself and her own island nation first before she starts criticising other countries

[@rupertsimmington4143]

Slavery was brought to an end in Britain because the government agreed to pay 20 million pounds in compensation to the slave owners. 15 million of that was borrowed, a debt that was only finally paid in 2015. In effect, British taxpayers paid the debt and if Britain agrees to pay reparation, it will be the British taxpayers who once again will foot the bill, which is grossly unfair by any standards.

[@5801160052086]

No reparation needed, give each one demanding reparation a one way ticket back to darkest africa...they soon change their minds

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

African Nations, Arab Nations should pay.

[@sharonrout8165]

What about the millions of pounds that Britain has given to help Caribbean in the past few years (I am not talking about money given to ex-slave owners). I guess the Caribbean will ask China for help in emergencies.

[@EsromFF]

Asking people to pay for something they didnt do to people who didnt suffer just seems a bit stupid?

[@stephen8745]

The absurdity of this argument is pathetic...... Trying to use current social values to create a case for reparations is self flagellation......The 17 century society wasn't considerations a modern perspective

[@davidrhodes7325]

The black history expert was all over the place saying a lot but not really saying anything, then desperately blurting out George Floyds name, what???

[@chuckmorrison7085]

Tell ya what Jamaica, next time you get walloped by a hurricane, look elsewhere for aid ok. The Commonwealth won't be coming to your aid anymore. Good luck.👍🇨🇦🤠

[@shawneyshoeshine]

Why does Angelina get to have long winded, opinionated, feelings based uninterrupted blind monologues ... While Rafe and Dickie get constantly interrupted by the host when any facts sound inconvenient to her

[@dibbieholnes8701]

Rafe is not English he is a British immigrant he has nothing to do with Jamaica or the Caribbean and England he need to shut up his mouth ..

[@shawneyshoeshine]

@@dibbieholnes8701 you sound like a communist authoritarian who dosent tolerate logi al arguments against your position

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@dibbieholnes8701No HE doesn’t .. but YOU do 🙄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@michaelpcoffee]

Forcing the innocent to pay nonvictims for something that happened to neither of them is not reparations. Only proven victims are eligible for reparations. They should compensate all of those.

[@pm5206]

Yes, but none of the ones who were wronged are alive and there were reparations.

[@michaelpcoffee]

@@pm5206 The dead owe and are owed nothing. That solves that problem. The legal, proven heirs still own what they inherited.

[@kiranvarsani2076]

If you payed taxes in Britain before 2015, you "the innocent" were paying off debt to the descendents of slave owners. Is that a more palitable relatity for you to swallow?

[@anthonykerslake3517]

Lets them all leave the commonwealth and we can stop sending them monies from the billions we send to other countrys to help them .

[@davidshepherd397]

When all the other cultures that practiced slavery prior to the UK pay for slavery including every tribe in Africa that participated, then perhaps I will listen to this idiocy, but not until.

[@catleugh]

Reparations - definitely not. Apology - definitely not.

[@didierlemoine6771]

Should Egypt pay for slavery to built pyramid ?

[@michaeljay4816]

I would have loved to hear more from Mr. Heydel or the other man in this discussion. The reporter seemed to be biased in favor of the Historian of Black British History, who seemed not to have much to offer but platitudes. When faced with verifiable historical facts spoken by Mr. Heydel (such as the complicity of African nations in the slave trade) she continually shook her head as though what he was saying couldn’t be true.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Liberal White women are the first to sell out. They'd throw their own Children under the Bus.

[@dibbieholnes8701]

Mr heydel is not English he's British immigrant he have nothing to do with Jamaica and England it should mine his own business.

[@michaeljay4816]

@@dibbieholnes8701 Respectfully, Ma’am, the British government and people have invited immigrants to live among them and to become citizens. The British people have made it the business of immigrants. Otherwise, what do you think of his arguments? Have a nice day.

[@chrissymodo]

No debate needed - it’s a no

[@grahamt5924]

The Windrush Boat sold tickets for passage to England. England did not ask them for help. That's a load of nonsense.

[@dibbieholnes8701]

Where do you get your nonsense from my great uncles came and fight and Build they were asked and begged by the queen to come and build this country and my people from Jamaica did not want to come So get your head straight you English some of you are too ungrateful that's why all the Caribbean countries are leaving you people ...

[@davelawton2135]

How true, also they asked if they could send them over because of the 25% unemployment at the time. We did not ask for them to come

[@johnnicol64]

Africa should pay us in uk for stopping it .Cost a fortune to UK.

[@user-cd6yl4uc2q]

Why don’t ppl who want reparations ask their own country who rounded them up and sold them why is this never talked about.

[@JesterJ920]

Correct we have already paid for them once perhaps we should send them back for a refund

[@vvwalker7261]

"I would challenge that view based on so many reports, so many observations..." Doesnt name one. Why doesnt the useless host hold her to account

[@gam9063]

Let the Caribbean Islands find out what will happen when the Chinese want the money back that they loan them (on condition that they split from the commonwealth) What do they think will happen when the islands cannot repay?

[@cohort075]

You just have to look at ALL the countries that signed up to the Belt and Road Agreement. Sri Lanka is a prime example.

[@dibbieholnes8701]

Not like what you are saying we're not like Africa we are different China not taking over nothing and also more Caribbean country are leaving.... The way you people treat the Caribbean we were invited to come to England by the queen to work and build this country and then they treat us like s*** please this 2023 .

[@VincoVenator]

A biased host, you can't debate an issue fairly when the host is taking sides

[@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv]

There own people were selling them into Slavery so no the UK should not pay money to them we should get money for the BRITISH CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY the people who died in the NAVY I WILL NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT DO...

[@Sebastian_Snufflepuss]

Barbados didn’t hold a referendum.

[@DaoSeeker]

Whenever the guy on the left makes a great hard-hitting point the host seems to scramble to move on to the next point and never lets it sink in just how hard his point hits. I want to hear that black lady respond, what could she possibly say, I'm curious.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Yes, I was thinking that. Especially while talking about the reasons why Britain ended the slave trade and went around forcing everyone else to stop too.

[@susan4102]

….but the Africians’ weren’t the first inhabitants of Jamaica or any of the other Caribbean islands. If you want reparations given then they need to given to the those people & not the African slaves who were sold by their own people to be there.

[@AVToth]

I would agree to these absolutely ridiculous reparations IF after payment the whole subject would never be spoken of again. Bill paid. But it would only be an installment. This is absurd. I did very much appreciate, in the Cambridge debate, the question of why there isn't anyone channeling their outrage over slavery towards the millions of today's slave owners. I feel the same about genocide. The holocaust was something so horrible people had trouble even comprehending such was even possible. What really bothers me is that it is possible, it did happen so why aren't the families of survivors United in prevention and/or prosecution of those committing these atrocities even as I type this? It feels like the message is "It was terrible when it happened to MY family". Before anyone thinks of antisemitism, there were also 7 million non Jewish killed in the holocaust, not 6 million but 13 million human beings. That's a lot of different people and survivors scattered across the planet. The United States is becoming or has become a nation of slavery again but because the slaves look like any other American, a mixed bag because the cartels are equal opportunity enslavers. Why aren't the activists zeroed in on that instead of screeching about something that happened so long ago?

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

I think that it's a decent enough question to propose, yet the single biggest discrepancy is why won't they seek reparations from the African kingdoms that's sold them to the Europeans as slaves in the first place...🤔

[@AVToth]

@@bugzyhardrada3168 They won't even acknowledge it for the most part. It's not reparations, it's extortion. I started school, in South Georgia, right at the end of segregation. I've seen the ugliness and evil up close. There was a time I would've been upset if someone called me racist. No more. As one of the blessings of being American, anyone can call me anything they want. I know my own mind and my own heart. I have nothing to prove to anyone. I don't think these groups have given ANY thought to what they are doing. I noticed it when Obama was elected and it has since gotten exponentially worse. If the elected official is a person of color, you aren't allowed to criticize things you don't like. Instead of being able to say you don't want, or don't approve etc., of an issue, the issue isn't going to be discussed because you're called racist and they move on. Until this BS gets under control, I'm not sure I would vote for another president who is a person of color. That is going to be a subconscious thought for a lot of people and it will prevent possibly terrific candidates from election. Division is inevitable when you can't freely speak your mind.

[@cohort075]

@@bugzyhardrada3168 It’s because Africa is full of black peoples, very few white ones. That’s why BLM did absolutely nothing about the young innocent black man killed in America, by five black police officers. Nothing to see here move along.

[@Jim90117]

Some precedents should never be set, people paying for the crimes of their long dead ancestors is one of them. The sins of the father should not be inherited by the son.

[@AVToth]

@@Jim90117 to late. This precedent has already been set.

[@penname5766]

One word: greed. Oh - and entitlement. That’s why their home nations were so backward compared to Britain’s in the first place - because their mentality is destructive rather than constructive. Yes, obviously Britain wanted to flourish, but it had the sense to know that you need to build economies not break them or corrupt them. It’s no accident that Britain was the greatest superpower the world has ever known and why it ushered humanity into the modern age with the Industrial Revolution. And that’s why to this day, the British standards of fair play and manners are still held in such high regard. Other nations trust the British. They trust the military. They trust the police officers. They trust the justice system. The majority of the most successful countries on earth have a history of British colonisation. The ones that regained independence have either become some of the most corrupt in the world or their infrastructures have crumbled. The British knew what they were doing. They knew how to civilise.

[@cohort075]

It seems incongruous that Angelina Osborne lives in such a “racist” country as Britain, obtained all her learning in a “racist” country, and now is saying Britain should be punished for its past sins! That’s punishing the son, for the father’s actions. If she wants to rage about slavery, then she seriously needs to acknowledge Africa’s duplicity in the slave trade, not the buyer, but the seller also, for without the seller, there is no buyer. Is she therefore going to “leave” Britain when Jamaica finally decides to FO, is Jamaica going to leave the commonwealth as well? As bad, and terrible as the slave trade was (and still is in Africa), where would all these people be right now if not for the Atlantic slave trade. Where would I be, if France colonised Australia first? And not Britain? Where would Britain be if it hadn’t been colonised by successive invaders?

[@Desmotogo]

We should be reimbursed for the millions we spent on stopping slavery

[@rjmaxwell1963]

People who never owned slaves should never apologise to people who were never slaves.

[@stevenhall9349]

If one of your relatives commit a crime should you go to prison too

[@jaymanilla289]

the debate should instead be: should England deport immigrants until it is 95% native English in England? I would like to see that debate. btw I'm not English.

[@jimbo6059]

I do think in a way that slavery was a stain on the world at the time, but Britain saw the light and banned it. They also left those island nations with functioning governments, rule of law, healthcare, and more. Sucessive governments in those regions have ruined once burgeoning economies and have left these lands as shadows of what they were. We in the 21st century should not be made to pay for what happened in the 17th and 18th century.

[@williamc6564]

This sensitive topic is misguided. I doubt that independence will necessarily make any significant or positive change to those commonwealth nations seeking to cut away from the UK. Historically Irelands independence was an example brought about by civil, political and military unrest. Even there, division still exists on the island of Ireland regarding its status as an island with two sovereign jurisdictions. As recently as 1998 an agreement in place to cease violent behaviour as a means to stability. Ireland regrets having not renewed its membership of the Commonwealth in 1949 as many other republics that became independent from Britain continue to maintain. I think it opportunistic seeking financial compensation now from countries who have since benefited from Britain in multiple ways since their "enslavement" times of the very distant past. Irelands financial success is mostly due to its membership of EU and not by romantic notions of independence that brought them freedom and a prosperous life being the reason for that. Indeed right up until recently the UK was Irelands helper in employment. When will this stop? It smells like wokism to me.

[@mogznwaz]

No Ireland’s success is in low corporate tax - which the EU will not allow forever

[@allenharris1069]

I owe them NOTHING ! They can SOD OFF !!!

[@1malaka1]

Yes I say. Remove the monarch. But also remove the money that Britain sends.

[@hawkmoon4459]

If you are a British citizen and have paid tax before 2015 then you have paid to free and end the slave trade.

[@andrewdudson7750]

How do you pay reparations to people who are dead ?

[@dibbieholnes8701]

The English not British immigrant I say the English take a lot from Jamaican

[@wingaard]

How about Portugal and Holland? They were both far more active in the slave trade.

[@michaelmorgan9289]

My argument on this matter has always been that why should I who's never owned a slave pay reparations to those who have never been slaves.

[@penname5766]

No prizes for guessing what the interviewer thinks, considering the only people she cut off were the sane men in the studio.

[@cfluff6716]

Perhaps this women should change her fire detectors batteries than continue the disingenuous historical slavery activism.

[@garryabbott3474]

Absolutely not, because many of us of a certain age essentially already have, in the form of our taxes that went to pay off the bank loans that Britain took out to help end the transatlantic slave trade.

[@Xingmey]

as a non brit, the answer is NO thanks for coming to my ted talk

[@penname5766]

These people have this weird idea that Britain would care if they chose independence. They have the choice, but they don’t like that. They seem to want us to object, so they can make a big song and dance about leaving. Just go already.

[@paulreynolds9003]

They always have their hand out wanting something for nothing.

[@topfactlord5448]

I'm not paying for a crime I didn't commit especially to people who never suffered

[@rudyrodriguez8432]

Yes! Al those African tribes who were slave owners and traders should pay for reparation.

[@jimjames4348]

Britain was the first country to abolish slavery and paid other countries to abolish slavery too. They aren't the rich superpower anymore. The British Empire has long ended, they're a tiny island and the current population of it is multicultural and can't afford that sort of division or the financial cost.

[@petegarnett7731]

The world owes Britain reparations for the fight against slavery that we conducted at great cost. Commonwealth countries have free will to make their own decisions for the future

[@davidwhite4874]

Why not do something about the slavery going on in the world today which is off the charts. Economic slavery needs looking at, too.

[@mss6620]

No

[@themackeler5011]

Wow this man is brilliant the woke don't like it.

[@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv]

Your own People were selling your people into slavery...so we don't owe you anything..FULL STOP...you Never say anything about the Arab Slavery trade or the slavery happening now in AFRICA.....THE BRITISH ENDED THE SLAVERY TRADE AND PAYED FOR THERE FREEDOM.....so you no what you can do I OWE YOU NOTHING..

[@ianredpath8359]

No we should not! Dam well sick of hearing this.

[@user-kp6eh2wp3o]

The answer is no. It's very simple.

[@5801160052086]

They should be going after the slave SELLERS, rather than the buyers

[@FreakyLynx]

Was that a chirp at 1:43??? My god, it’s everywhere! lol

[@madgamer3974]

Jamcia was French owned we liberated them

[@ahimsanz]

As one of anglo saxon English descent, can I receive a handout as well because some of my ancestors might have been enslaved by Barbary pirates in the past?

[@gavinbissell8847]

We already did

[@emmsue1053]

Should the Barbary Coast repay Devon & Cornish villages for taking women as sex slaves? I was under the impession Britain was the first country in the world to make slavery illegal.

[@ParadiseVids]

Why is England concerned about this? Should Asia worry about the raped and pillaged in the Mongolian War? I mean let’s grow up here.

[@markg9765]

They should pay us for introducing Rap music to the civilized world. The question is so stupid and merely a money grab by people who have benefited greatly by growing up in the UK. There is nobody left to say sorry to. Descendants are not entitled to reparations.

[@joepeacock-ew4zr]

Britain stopped paying for the crusade of nearly 200 years to abolition slavery, so no the british shouldn't pay for slavery. no other country has devoted so much time, effort, money and lifes to rid the world off slavery. wheres the calls for the many countries to date that still has slavery and how far back in histroy to we have to go. how many countries would owe British people money due to slavery, e.g. Roman, vikinbgs, barbary pirates, normans, etc..

[@MountainRhode]

'The monarchy were in charge' The ignorance of this host is astounding. Get someone who knows something

[@jessicagoodall1458]

That woman lost me at gf

[@garyb455]

Definitely no, no, no its nothing to do with us.

[@craftycodhead1]

No absolutely not. We should not pay a penny. End of.

[@fazedumbjr6531]

No effing way

[@Howie900]

We purged slavery, the first country to do so. There are more slaves now than ever before. Let's do something about that instead.

[@user-vo3sf5jy5p]

The lady in favour of independence talks in generality and emotions. Facts please. The moderator only interrupts Rafe, just saying.

[@dongoldney]

You sir are a true brit, bravo, on your truth saying. As a child in London my dentist was called Mr Mankoo I remember being fascinated by his turban as he peered into my mouth . I never ever thought of him as anything other than n a very exotic dentist who looked after my teeth

[@markwoodward881]

The big problem is these people only see one side of the argument. I can see both and can come to a balanced decision that we have no need to pay.

[@fratty123]

How can she be a "Black British Historian".. wheres the history?

[@gabemore1766]

Hatred not welcome! Normal people would move on with life start a future all we hear is hatred you’ve carry 40/50 years of hatred Sick of hearing slavery my ancestors were in slavery with Vikings stop bringing the past up move on

[@AmarSingh-kh9ux]

Oh, what a relief! Finally, someone is questioning this reparations BS !

[@nigelralphmurphy2852]

Why is this question only being raised in regard to the British colonies? Because no other culture in the world apologises for its wrong-doings, that's why.

[@patrickjohnson8741]

Absolutely NOT.

[@greenhills7404]

Nope, get facts right, compensation has already been paid. Move on. Fyi majority of countries have a history of slavery. It did not originate in the UK

[@garyharley3868]

What a load of nonsense we need to learn from the past and apply those lessons to now. North Africans took white slaves out of Europe but that doesn’t get any airtime there are more slaves now in the world than there has ever been no one is challenging that we need to worry about the hear and now and the future not the past

[@bury2279]

It's all about money.

[@babua63]

Is slavery a civil or criminal violation? If it is a criminal violation, then pointing to other offenders as a defence is no case at all. And in a criminal action, does a mere sorry suffice? Are private criminal law and public criminal law are different, and if so, why and in what way?

[@mikes8917]

Lets not forget which country abolished slavery first and which country used its navy to enforce the ban on other countries. Yep that’s right the UK.

[@lawrencelancaster6525]

NO... Every country is guilty of that!!

[@Chikkediva]

...and more so the south of North America should apologise too

[@flyingfox7854]

The current government has no responsibility for decisions made centuries ago nor does the current monarch … the Jamaicans and other peoples living in the Caribbean should in some ways be thankful for slavery … they are all living in tropical paradise islands which the rest of us have to pay for expensive holidays if we want to visit them … if these descendants that are living here in the UK don’t like living here then they are more than welcome to go back …

[@SexyBeautifulBabe]

No.. “get your ass up and work” - Kim Kardashian

[@chapagawa]

Is Italy/Rome going to pay me for taking my Germanic ancestors as slaves? Looking forward to getting my $10 million paypal transfer, thank you.

[@shecandance9500]

Oh no! On one side my ancestors were Germanic…and on the other side my ancestors were Italian! So that means I get nothing??

[@chapagawa]

@@shecandance9500 Hmm, kind of complex family tree. You could reverse engineer it and claim that the Italian ancestors identified as Germanic and go for double! At minimum you could ask for the interest that you would have earned on the reparations had they been paid on time, 1500 years ago or so.

[@michaelsizeland7205]

No it fucking shouldn’t go ask Germany , Spain ,Portugal,Italy and the rest piss and get out of our faces

[@user-zi2tw2ez1d]

sick to death about slavery no reparations no way

[@dartrushdane2020]

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