Rejected petition Pay full financial reparations to the victims of the slave trade.

The countries that suffered during the slave trade not only built the Britain that we live in today for free, but MOST of what we call the 'developed West'. The removal of all statues etc the celebrate slavery.

More details

The descendants of slavery are still traumatised by social, psychological and financial tumult. The time is now, to re pay them.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325237

Legislate for the provision of reparations to communities affected by slavery: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325529

Refund taxes used to pay slavery abolition debt to British descendants of slaves: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325536

Reimburse tax payers for monies used to compensate slave owners: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325300

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

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 9 June 2020
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.