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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Danica Coto

Caribbean leaders press for slavery reparations, end of islands' territorial status

Caribbean Slavery Reparations - (Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A group of Caribbean leaders met with senior clergy from the Church of England on Tuesday as the push for slavery reparations intensifies, with activists also calling for the independence of British, French, Dutch and U.S. territories in the region.

The reparations commission from Caricom, a Caribbean trade bloc, was scheduled to also meet with British parliamentarians as part of a four-day official trip to the United Kingdom to seek reparations, the second such trip since November.

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