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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent

What is in the Caribbean’s new slavery reparations manifesto?

A person in traditional robes carries a large wreath on a red carpet before a crowd of formally dressed officials
A wreath-laying event during the reparations conference in Accra, Ghana, last week. Photograph: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters

One of the key outcomes of the recent reparations conference in Ghana was the launch of the Caribbean’s manifesto outlining the “moral, ethical and legal case for reparations” for the enslavement of African people.

The Caribbean Community Reparations Commission (CRC), which created the document, says it is a strengthening of an existing Caribbean Community (Caricom) 10-point plan for reparations from the UK and other former colonial powers, and a response to feedback from the public, organisations and political leaders.

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