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.
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