Beckles, Hilary McD, 1955-

Britain's black debt : reparations for Caribbean slavery and native genocide / Hilary McD. Beckles. - Kingston, Jamaica : University Of West Indies P., 2013. - xv, 292 p.

Bibliograph : (p. 255-277).

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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Blacks--Reparations--Caribbean Area.
Reparations for historical injustices--Caribbean Area.
Slavery--History.--Caribbean Area
Slave trade--History.--Caribbean Area
Slavery--Law and legislation.


West Indies, British--History.

HT1071.A7 / B4