Economic Reform for Black British Subjects

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Black British subjects should be:
Tax exempted
Reimbursed Tax
Compensated

Britain abolished the slave trade but only after 200 years of benefiting from it.

British slave owners were then compensated with 20 million pounds in 1833 (40% GDP), which in todays money equates to 17 Billion pounds.

As this was such a large sum of money and the government were unable to pay this, they raised bonds. British tax payers only finished paying off these bonds in 2015.

The compensation request is due to the government paying people who owned other people.

Why it was rejected

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

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

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

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Jul 2020

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