Jamaican MP Everald Warmington has questioned why African participation in the transatlantic slave trade is rarely discussed alongside demands for reparations from Britain.
Warmington argued that Africans who captured and sold other Africans should also be part of the historical accountability discussion, rather than focusing only on Europeans who purchased and transported enslaved people.
Opposition MP Damion Crawford challenged the argument, saying individual participation in… See moreJamaican MP Everald Warmington has questioned why African participation in the transatlantic slave trade is rarely discussed alongside demands for reparations from Britain.
Warmington argued that Africans who captured and sold other Africans should also be part of the historical accountability discussion, rather than focusing only on Europeans who purchased and transported enslaved people.
Opposition MP Damion Crawford challenged the argument, saying individual participation in Africa was different from Britain’s state-sanctioned system, which was supported by laws and government institutions.
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