UK stole 25m years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, says report
Paul Lashmar in Bridgetown and Natricia Duncan in Kingston
Experts put estimate for economic harm done by 200 years of chattel slavery at $2tn, but stress this is ‘not an invoice’ Britain stole 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, according to new research by a team of international experts. Their report concludes that Barbados’s population of African descent have suffered damages estimated at up to US$2tn (£1.5tn) from 200 years of chattel slavery. Continue reading...