Is 2025 the Year of Reparation for Descendants of African Slaves in the Caribbean?

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Is 2025 the Year of Reparation for Descendants of African Slaves in the Caribbean?

Dear Editor, Six descendants of the Scottish 19th century sugar and coffee plantation owner John Gladstone visited Guyana in August 2023 to offer apology for their foreparent’s active involvement in slavery and the Atlantic slave trade. On their visit to Guyana, the Gladstone family donated £100,000 to the University of Guyana (UG) and the Guyana Reparations Committee (GRC) to promote research into slavery, including migration and diaspora studi…