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Originally posted at TomDispatch. In late March, I was taken aback by a news story about a drone attack on American troops at a joint base with Kurdish - Andrea Mazzarino for Antiwar.com Original
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Honestly, it should take your breath away. We are on a planet prepping for further war in a staggering fashion. A - Ben Freeman for Antiwar.com Original
The family's estates was in here. john dower is a member of the trevelyan family. his ancestors owned plantations in grenada, and slaves. the compensation for slavery, when it was abolished in 1833, went to the people who owned the slaves. my ancestors received payments of £29,000 for 1,004 slaves which, in today's money, was worth about £3 million. in february, john and others from the family went to grenada to offer a personal apology. one of them's pledged to give £100,000 to a local education trust. we write to apologise for the actions of our ancestors in holding your ancestors in slav...
Has gone further. this is one of our estates. the family's estates was in here. john dower is a member of the trevelyan family. his ancestors owned plantations in grenada, and slaves. the compensation for slavery, when it was abolished in 1833, went to the people who owned the slaves. my ancestors received payments of £29,000 for 1,004 slaves which, in today's money, was worth about £3 million. in february, john and others from the family went to grenada to offer a personal apology. one of them's pledged to give £100,000 to a local education trust. we write to apologise for the actions of o...
Was worth about £3 million. in february, john and others from the family went to grenada to offer a personal apology. one of them's pledged to give £100,000 to a local education trust. we write to apologise for the actions of our ancestors in holding your ancestors in slavery. john dower believes the king should follow their family's lead. i think absolutely, he should apologise because i think an apology is really the first step for people who were enslaved and their descendants, to feel as though they're being recognised. the relationship of _ the monarchy to the caribbean is tense, but th...