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Slaves, sugar, and salvation

2013-10-18 10:43:55| Sugar Industry News

Earlier this year 14 Caribbean nations began legal proceedings against the governments of France, Britain, and the Netherlands seeking reparations for the slavery employed by these nations during their colonising of the Caribbean and the resulting damage which, it is being argued, can still be felt today. Like other reparation debates, this move raises the issue of generational guilt and the plaintiffs must prove why current governments should shoulder the blame for their ancestors' actions.

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