Britain faces growing calls to open door to slavery reparations

Britain is facing growing calls to open the door to reparatory justice for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.

It peaked in the 1700s and saw millions of Africans forcibly transported to British colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and other countries where they were sold into slavery.

Leaders of the Commonwealth group of 56 nations, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are meeting in the South Pacific nation of Samoa.

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