Submitted on Friday 12th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 10th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Refund "slave compensation" tax paid to slave owners & use for Black community
In 1835 the British gov took out a huge loan for 'slave compensation'. Instead of going to freed slaves, the money went to slave owners, as compensation for loss of "property". UK taxpayers were paying this loan back until 2015. That means descendants of those enslaved also helped pay it back.
No reparations or apology has ever been granted by the British state to the people it enslaved, or their descendants.
Lack of compensation has resulted in:
Inequality in UK society
Institutionalised racism & underfunding in every aspect of life for the Black community including, but not limited to: Healthcare, Socialcare, Education, Law enforcement & Employment.
We ask for an apology to be made & rightful reparations be injected into the Black community to address these issues.
Source: Guardian
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
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
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
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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