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Paul Lashmar in Bridgetown and Natricia Duncan in Kingston

UK stole 25m years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, says report

Statue of a man breaking free from his chains
The Emancipation Statue in Bridgetown was crafted in 1985, 19 years after Barbados gained full independence from Britain. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Britain stole 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, according to research by a team of international experts.

Their report concludes that Barbados’s population of African descent have suffered damages estimated at up to $2tn (£1.5tn) from 200 years of chattel slavery.

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