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IT’S time to pay to make up for the slave trade, Caribbean nations told the British royal family on Saturday.
Nations in the Caribbean are writing to the British royals, Lloyd’s of London and the Church of England to demand an apology — and that they pay reparations — for their role in the transatlantic slave trade.
Arley Gill, the chair of the Grenadian reparations commission, told the Telegraph: “We are hoping that King Charles will revisit the issue of reparations and make a more profound statement beginning with an apology, and that he would make resources from the royal family available for reparative justice.
“He should make some money available. We are not saying that he should starve himself and his family and we are not asking for trinkets. But we believe we can sit around a table and discuss what can be made available for reparative justice.”
Mr Gill added that organisations such as Lloyd’s, and universities and colleges that benefited from slavery should also pay reparations.
Much of the vast trade in enslaved Africans was underwritten by Lloyd’s, which, along with the royal family, has yet to comment on the latest appeals in a growing campaign for reparations.
