Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister calls on Burnham to offer reparations for slavery
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will attend a Commonwealth summit in the Caribbean this week. He has opened talks on a formal apology for the slave trade and rejected calls for reparations. King Charles III will speak in his role as head of the Commonwealth during the visit, acknowledging past injustices and expressing sincere sorrow.
- Andy Burnham is open to calls for a formal British apology for the slave trade.
- Premier Andy Burnham rejects reparations as the appropriate response to historical wrongs.
- King Charles III will speak in his role as head of the 56-member Commonwealth.
- Caribbean nations have renewed calls for Britain to apologize and provide reparations.
- The UK must acknowledge its complex history to protect the Commonwealth.
- Burnham stated Britons should not be held responsible for historical errors from a past era.
- The British Parliament passed a law abolishing slavery in 1833.
- Burnham's government is willing to start a structured dialogue with those affected by slavery.
- The Prime Minister will discuss a formal apology for the UK's role in the slave trade.
- Denis O’Brien stated the British Government must issue a full formal apology now.
- Britain has never formally apologized for slavery or agreed to pay reparations.
- Some three million Africans were transported as slaves to work on plantations in Britain’s colonies in the Americas.
- King Charles III recognized the great suffering and past injustices during a visit to the Caribbean.
- Buckingham Palace stated King Charles III will confront shameful aspects of UK history with unflinching honesty.
- Burnham requested that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown lead a global effort to restructure debt for poorer former colonies.
- The King will speak about slavery with unflinching honesty and sincere sorrow.
- UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch stated there was no need to revisit the issue of formally saying sorry.
- The United Nations passed a resolution in March calling the slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.
- The British Parliament awarded £20m in compensation to slave owners when passing the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
- Andy Burnham will attend a Commonwealth leaders’ summit in the Caribbean this week.
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