Return taxes, used to pay compensation to British slavers, to black communities

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Up until 2015, British taxes contributed to paying back a loan used to compensate slave owners for the “loss of human property”. The full amount should be returned to under-funded black communities and charities. If necessary, the government should take out another loan for this important issue too.

The government is responsible for this underfunding and systemic racism present in the UK. It has become public knowledge, recently, that our taxes have been used to pay off slave owners, and yet nothing given to black communities to level the playing field and to set the historic injustice right.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some or all of these petitions instead:

Refund taxes used to pay slavery abolition debt to British descendants of slaves: Refund taxes used to pay slavery abolition debt to British descendants of slaves

Reimburse tax payers for monies used to compensate slave owners: Reimburse tax payers for monies used to compensate slave owners

Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants: Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants

Legislate for the provision of reparations to communities affected by slavery: Legislate for the provision of reparations to communities affected by slavery

Timeline

9 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
13 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Jul 2020

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