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Britain's black debt : reparations for Caribbean slavery and native genocide / Hilary McD. Beckles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2013.Description: xv, 292 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789766402686 (pbk.) :
  • 9789766403492 (cased) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.119 607 29 23
Contents:
The principles and politics of reparations -- Exterminate the savages: genocide in the Windwards -- King James's version : royal Caribbean slave voyages -- Not human : Britain's black property -- The Zong massacre : Jamaica-bound Africans murdered -- Prostituting enslaved Caribbean women -- Criminal enrichment : building Britain with slavery -- Dividends from the Devil : Church of England chattels in Barbados -- Earls of Harewood : slave route to Buckingham Palace -- Slave owners in Parliament and the private sector -- Twenty million pounds : slave owners' reparations -- The case for reparations -- '"Sold in Africa" : the United Nations and reparations in Durban -- British policy : no apology, no reparations -- The Caribbean reparations movement.
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Books Books Grand Bay Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 323.119 607 29 Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 3845G
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 323.119 607 29 Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Processing Not For Loan PORT20100059
Books Books Roseau Public Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 323.119 607 29 Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 2309M
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-277) and index.

The principles and politics of reparations -- Exterminate the savages: genocide in the Windwards -- King James's version : royal Caribbean slave voyages -- Not human : Britain's black property -- The Zong massacre : Jamaica-bound Africans murdered -- Prostituting enslaved Caribbean women -- Criminal enrichment : building Britain with slavery -- Dividends from the Devil : Church of England chattels in Barbados -- Earls of Harewood : slave route to Buckingham Palace -- Slave owners in Parliament and the private sector -- Twenty million pounds : slave owners' reparations -- The case for reparations -- '"Sold in Africa" : the United Nations and reparations in Durban -- British policy : no apology, no reparations -- The Caribbean reparations movement.

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