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Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation. By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian — Caribbean nations are preparing formal letters demanding that…

September 11, 2023

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Lloyd’s of London and Greene King to make slave trade reparations

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

Originally published by The Guardian, June 17, 2020. Firms will make payments to benefit the BAME community and promote diversity. By Kevin Rawlinson — Two major British firms have pledged…

August 23, 2023

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The interior of the Lloyd's of London building is seen in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, April 16, 2019.

London’s finance district, steeped in slavery, confronts its past

By IBW21Reparations

By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones, Reuters — British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of those vessels, the…

October 14, 2021

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Reparations: T.I; Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.

In Open Letter, Rapper T.I. Demands Lloyd’s of London Pay Reparations to Descendants of American Slaves

By IBW21Reparations

By Seth Cohen, Forbes — Over the weekend, popular Atlanta-based rapper and actor T.I. issued an open letter to Lloyd’s of London, calling on the well-known insurance company to pay…

July 20, 2020

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