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Jamaica is stepping up campaign for £7.6billion in reparations for slavery - by lobbying the King on London visit

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Sears, N., & English, R. (2026, September 6). Jamaica is stepping up campaign for £7.6billion in reparations for slavery - by lobbying the King on London visit. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16110075/Jamaica-campaign-7-6billion-reparations-slavery-lobbying-King.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Jamaica's culture minister Olivia Grange has arrived in London with a petition for £7.6billion in reparations for slavery, to be delivered to King Charles. The petition argues that Britain should have paid compensation to slaves, not slave owners, after abolishing slavery in 1833, and now has a legal duty to provide redress. Grange plans to submit three questions to the Privy Council, including whether enslavement was legal under English law. British governments have maintained they will not pay slavery reparations.

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The Jamaican government has filed a petition with King Charles III seeking reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. The petition asks three questions: whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was legal under English law, whether it broke international law, and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress. The petition is the first time a Commonwealth country has used this particular legal route to pursue reparations. The Jamaican government hopes that answers to these questions will pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement" for the hundreds of years of abuse suffered by African ancestors in Jamaica. The delegation, led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange, also plans to meet with British Museum officials to discuss the repatriation of cultural artifacts taken from Jamaica during the colonial era. Jamaica is seeking £7.6 billion in reparations for slavery, and hopes that answers to these questions will be a step towards this goal.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Jamaica is stepping up a campaign for £7.6billion in reparations for slavery by lobbying King Charles. A government delegation has arrived in London with a petition for Buckingham Palace. Jamaica hopes answers to questions in the petition, plus talks with the Foreign Office, are steps towards a massive payout by UK taxpayers. asserted

answers → see → taxpayers

The bid to entangle the King in the campaign focuses on the fact that in 1833, after Britain led the world by banning slavery, it paid compensation to slave owners, not to slaves. asserted

it → entangle → slaves

The £20million bill, amounting to 40 per cent of the Treasury's annual income, meant Britain had to take out a huge loan, which was only paid off in 2015. asserted

which → amount → 2015

Jamaican culture minister Olivia Grange said on arrival in the UK: 'Up to 2015, Britain was paying the slave masters because we were considered property. ' asserted

we → say → masters

The question really should be: if in modern times we're still paying back the slave masters for the 'property' that was our ancestors, because of the abolition of slavery, why shouldn't we be pursuing some remedy at this time? asserted

we → pay → time

She accepted some UK taxpayers might object but said the majority 'may consider answers are required'. uncertain

answers → accept → ?

The petition will be given to Charles as Jamaica's head of state, asking him to put three questions to the Privy Council. asserted

petition → give → Council

Those questions are: whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was legal under English law; whether it broke international law; and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress. asserted

Britain → break → redress

The Privy Council's Judicial Committee remains the highest court of appeal for Commonwealth countries and its five judges could consider the questions. uncertain

judges → remain → questions

British governments have maintained they will not pay slavery reparations. asserted

they → maintain → reparations

A royal source said the King has no personal discretion in making referrals to the Privy Council. asserted

King → say → Council

But a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: 'His Majesty has on many occasions expressed his commitment to finding ways to address historic wrongs for the benefit of communities today.' asserted

Majesty → say → communities

More than 12million Africans were taken across the Atlantic to the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries, many to British sugar plantations in Jamaica. asserted

Africans → take → Jamaica

Ms Grange is also meeting British Museum executives to ask for the return of three carvings found in a cave in 1792 and taken to the UK. asserted

Grange → meet → UK

One is of a birdman, another of a rain-making god and the third was used in taking drugs in rituals. They were created by the island's original inhabitants the Taino, who were wiped out by the arrival of Europeans, many from disease. asserted

who → make → disease

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