Britain Must Pay Its Slave Trade Debt: Reparations Now

Former colonies push the UK to pay for its colonial mistake.

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The data from Statista clearly shows that the UK is the second largest slave trader in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

There is a recent Commonwealth Summit held in Samoa brought a familiar yet powerful demand back to the forefront:

Should Britain pay reparations for its historical role in the transatlantic slave trade?

The event, led by King Charles III, shed light on Britain’s colonial legacy and how it affects many nations today.

But Charles moves forward rather than looking back; the conversation around reparations for past injustices remains as charged as ever.

King Charles opened the summit by touching on Britain’s colonial past, acknowledging the “painful aspects” of history that still impact lives across the Commonwealth.

But despite recognising these historical wrongs, he emphasised the need for a “forward look” — a shift in focus away from reparations toward a future of unity and progress.

While his message resonated with some, it left many Commonwealth leaders and advocates for justice unsatisfied, feeling that the underlying issue of reparations needed to be…