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Jamaican Delegates Arrive in UK to Hand Slavery Reparations Petition to King Charles

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  • Jamaican delegates arrived in the United Kingdom to deliver a petition seeking reparations for slavery to King Charles on Monday.
  • Jamaica’s culture minister said slavery’s legacy continues to deprive the country and its people.
  • The petition invokes historical crimes that still disadvantage former British colonies.

A Jamaican delegation has arrived in the United Kingdom to hand King Charles a petition seeking reparations for slavery, in an appeal aimed at confronting the historical crimes that continue to burden former British colonies.

The petition is due to be lodged with Charles on Monday. As Jamaica’s head of state, the king is the focus of the delegation’s appeal over slavery’s continuing legacy.

Jamaica’s culture minister said that legacy still “continues to deprive our country and our people.” The petition presents the issue as one that reaches beyond the past, arguing that the effects of slavery remain visible in the disadvantages faced by Jamaica and other former British colonies.

continues to deprive our country and our people

· Jamaica’s culture ministerThe minister described the continuing effects of slavery ahead of the petition’s delivery to King Charles.
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