Submitted on Friday 12th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 13th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require the return of all compensation paid to slave owners the last 200 years
Government must immediately require the return of all compensation paid to slave owners and their descendants over the last 200 years. Government should then invest it exclusively and directly into community projects and services, with particular consultation with BAME communities to decide use.
In 1833 the UK Government agreed to pay the equivalent of £1.3 billion to slave owners in compensation. (£11 million at the time)
This money has come from the pockets of Slaves and their descendants for generations via taxation, as well as the pockets of every other British tax payer - this compensation was and still is an affront to every human in society, but in particular the slaves and their descendants.
Slave owners got rich, Slaves where left with poverty and (presumably) severe PTSD.
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You may wish to sign these petitions instead:
Refund taxes used to pay slavery abolition debt to British descendants of slaves: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325536
Reimburse tax payers for monies used to compensate slave owners: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325300
Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325237
Legislate for the provision of reparations to communities affected by slavery: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325529
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