This is an amasing job! It reveals part of the crime that Capitalism is from its very beginning. Taking it for granted is a major contribution to these original injustices!
Well done for the UCL colleagues, and thanks for forwarding Deb. Now.. let's use it in our lectures!
Jero
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Dr Jerónimo Montero Bressán
ESRC Post Doctoral Fellow
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 8688
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/jeronimo.montero
Latin American Editor for Human Geography
www.hugeog.com
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Subject: online database of compensation given to British slave-owners
Academics from UCL, led by Dr Draper, spent three years drawing together
46,000 records of compensation given to British slave-owners into an
internet database to be launched for public use on Wednesday. But he
emphasised that the claims set to be unveiled were not just from rich
families but included many "very ordinary men and women" and covered the
entire spectrum of society. Dr Draper added that the database's findings may
have implications for the "reparations debate". Barbados is currently
leading the way in calling for reparations from former colonial powers for
the injustices suffered by slaves and their families.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-colonial-shame-slav
eowners-given-huge-payouts-after-abolition-8508358.html>
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