This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Sign in support of Reparation for descendants of slavery
The UK benefitted hugely from the Slave Trade. Up until 2015, UK Taxpayers have been compensating slave owners for financial and property losses.
The UK Government need to take action to rectify the actions of its past and reparate the descendants of those subjected to slavery in the UK.
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Reparation nor an apology, has ever been issued for the UK's involvement in slavery. Whilst an apology will never bridge the gap of pain and destruction caused, reparations can assist to bridge the financial and social imbalance slavery caused. Whilst the past can't be changed it is time the UK Government were held accountable for the political injustices it has benefitted from by offering reparation to the descendants of slavery, in a first step to rectifying a long outstanding wrong.
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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
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