Pay Slavery Reparations to a Caribbean & African trust fund

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

In 2015, Britain’s tax payers finally paid off what is equivalent of billions of pounds to former slave owners to compensate them for losing their slaves in 1833; ignoring the impact on the African and Caribbean descendants.

£100 in 1833 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £11,981.51 in 2020, a difference of £11,881.51 over 190 years. African and Caribbean desendents have suffered severely. The Government should compensate the descendants of the injustice the British Empire has caused. We want the equivalent to what the slave owners were paid in to a Africa and Caribbean trust fund for mothers, children, youth with business plans, and improvements plans. This will be set up to better African and Caribbean communities in Britain.

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 of these petitions:

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

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

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

Timeline

30 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
7 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Jul 2020

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