Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation

National reparations commissions in the region will also approach Lloyd’s of London and the Church of England with demands of financial payments and reparative justice for their historic role in slavery.

  • byroon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    The UK government was still paying off former slaveowners as recently as a few years ago

    • RobotToaster@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Paying off the loan they took out to compensate the slave owners for their “property” to be more precise.

      As repugnant as that was, it was still preferable to the terrible waste of life the USA endured fighting a civil war over slavery.

    • JasSmith@kbin.social
      14·
      1 year ago

      Yes they made a financial commitment to various states, companies, and individuals to compensate slave owners for their financial loss when Britain ended the slave trade. I think that was pragmatic and commendable. I don’t see how that addresses me comment.