WorldJamaica’s legal approach: Were forced transportation and African enslavement lawful under English law?

Jamaica’s Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister Olivia Grange says the country’s reparations initiative seeks to move the debate over British slavery from political discretion to legal accountability. Its petition asks King Charles III to refer questions to the Privy Council on whether the capture, transportation and enslavement of Africans in Jamaica were lawful, and whether Britain may owe a reparatory remedy.

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