# Jamaica seeks UK legal ruling on slavery reparations

https://mins.news/en/video/47722

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-07 00:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSeIPcOl3E

> Jamaica has sent a government delegation to London to seek a legal determination on whether the enslavement of Jamaicans was unlawful and whether Britain now owes them redress. The move marks a new, legal phase in Jamaica’s campaign for reparations over Britain’s role in slavery.

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