Jamaica to ask King Charles to refer reparations for slavery issue to Privy Council
Under the Judicial Committee Act of 1833, the king, who remains Jamaica’s head of state after the country gained independence from Britain in 1962, has the authority to refer matters to the council for consideration.
Hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans were shipped to Jamaica, and many scholars and advocates say the legacy of that period has resulted in or played a role in today’s inequities.
According to the UK-based The Guardian, Jamaica’s culture minister, Olivia A. Grange, said her government was asking the council to consider whether the forced transport of enslaved Africans to Jamaica and their subsequent enslavement was lawful, and if it constituted a crime against humanity.
It is also calling on the council to examine whether Britain is “under an obligation to provide a remedy” to Jamaica, not only for slavery but also for its enduring consequences.
The Virgin Islands has also called for reparations from the UK for slavery. Such calls have come from legislators, influencers, commentators and ordinary citizens.
‘Uk should get a loan for reparations’- Hon Fraser
“It is time they get a new loan for reparations,” the Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) said while giving official remarks at the opening of the Bernard ‘Yampi’ Nibbs Festiville at Festival Grounds, Tortola on July 27, 2022.
Hon Fraser added that the British Government recently finished off paying off a loan that they used to compensate slave masters and plantation owners at the time of emancipation and can now seek a loan for reparations.
The British government in 1835 borrowed 20 million pounds – the equivalent of around 17 billion pounds today – to compensate slave owners for the lost capital associated with freeing slaves. This payout was a massive 40% of the government's budget and required many bonds to slave owners to effectuate the law.
The loan was one of the largest in history and was paid off by the UK government only in 2015.
Outrage
It was on Monday, September 7, 2020, that then Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert sparked community outrage when he said that the United Kingdom's (UK) position on paying reparations to the Virgin Islands for acts of slavery and the slave trade was not something that was being considered, hinting that the VI should expect nothing.
He also called for relics of slavery still present in the territory to be preserved despite community calls for those relics to be renamed so that it can reflect the legacy of Virgin Islanders who shaped the territory.
Calls for the then-controversial governor to apologise were ignored.
Commentator Kenneth G. Gladstone in a September 11, 2020, interview with Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) said the Governor’s statements were as a result of a racist mentality that is being perpetuated, even as Mr Jaspert was spending VI’s money and enjoying the hospitality of local taxpayers, a majority being the descendants of slaves.
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18 Responses to “Jamaica to ask King Charles to refer reparations for slavery issue to Privy Council”
Racism exists because pale people created the construct of race, when they realized if they could make the poorest white man think he’s better than the richest black man.
He then created indentured servants and the slave patrol (Irish People) who are now today modern police force.
Yes, PAY REPARATIONS to the families/decedents of slavery or simply take your pale @$$3$ back to the caucus mountains from whence you came
What are these so called people called if not people.
Whilst there is a massive inequality that exists today as a result of slavery there seems to be a gap in your knowledge.
You may want to revisit who owned slaves, why racism exists and why you have taken on board being racist when you say it is a pale peoples creation, (that you have embraced) and now think it is acceptable to say "simply take your pale @$$3$ back to the caucus mountains from whence you came." It is quite rightly no longer acceptable to say "Take you lazy black @$$ back to the dark hole you came from."
You may want to check who the racist is.
Being a UK Territory policing here is based on the UK and not the US.
I mean that’s what the colonizers always tell black people go back to Africa so to hear, take your pale @$$3$ back to the Caucasus mountains seen only fair. Don’t forget who taught you sun dodgers how to perform personal hygiene
Pale people did in fact create racism and the race construct. I know it hurts having your Mema and PawPaw’s secrets revealed
Black folks were soooo lazy the mayo brigade came to the continent and kidnapped them to work in the fields for free, all of sudden now they’re lazy for wanting better.
You may want to recheck and recheck who the racists are and always will be. UK is just as bad as the US, give the continent the diamonds that are in that crown and the artifacts from the museums you still to this day profit from.
Your pale, sun dodging, colonizing history is riddled with rape, pillage, plunder, murder, theft, kidnapping, human trafficking, sexual assault, pedo etc.
Give the Black peolple their damn Reparations
Where is the fact? Just because you say?
Mayo brigade? Racism has been deeply bred into you. You are following the worst of white peoples (mayo? pale?).... I am sure you have more as white people used and many still use countless derogatory terms for black people. For some people using the term black is no longer appropriate.
Ah. pedo's now. How many more insults or racist notions can you happily sling at people you do not know? It is easy to see why "black people" are not currently getting far with the reparations argument. Work on the argument, get people behind you, it is not necessarily without merit but shouting abuse like a racist, dumb white person has no merit and does not present a great case for reparations.
If you tell a little bit more about yourself maybe it will be clear why you expect to get reparations. Just being Black is not enough as just being white does not mean racist. i suggest you re read above and find out about who owned slaves because I think you will find the regular folks working in fields and shops in the UK did not. How that blames black people for slavery is a mystery that I am sure you will reveal.
When it comes to the people in bondage and subjected to the worst conditions not only on them, but future generations is a effing problem.
Pay up