Drax Hall, a Barbados plantation where sugar has been reaped for nearly four centuries, was for so long just an ordinary part of what Phillips understood as her wholesome childhood. She grew up nearby ...

The government of Barbados wants to make a wealthy Conservative member of The British Parliament the first person to pay reparations for his ancestor’s role in slavery, The Guardian reports. Richard ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Caribbean leaders hope that Britain under its new Labour government might shift its long-standing position on slavery reparations and agree to discuss how to address past wrongs and ...

*Reparations for Barbados are long overdue, according to the country’s Prime Minister, Mia Mottley. Speaking during a lecture at the London School of Economics, the national leader mentioned that $4.9 ...

Calling slavery a festering wound, a delegation representing 15 Caribbean nations is in England to press for reparations for centuries of slavery and colonialism. More than 10 million Africans were ...

David Comissiong, a high-level Caribbean ambassador, has voiced the need to establish an international special tribunal for seeking reparations related to transatlantic slavery. There is growing ...

Barbados’ prime minister, Mia Mottley, is well regarded as a progressive world leader and strong champion of the Caribbean region, outspoken on issues ranging from climate justice to reparations. Her ...

(Reuters) - Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and its ...

"To date, neither [the Caribbean Community's reparations commission] nor Barbados has officially leveled a Reparations claim against a European family," wrote David Comissiong, a Barbados politician, ...

When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, Esther Phillips suggests we stop the car. Phillips, 73, gets out and draws in a deep breath. There’s a faint, sweet smell of something akin ...