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Do you think it's fair that my family got money when slavery was abolished, but the slaves here in grenada got nothing? no, not at all. it wasn't fair. i believe that the slaves were the hard workers. they are the ones that should really get some form of compensation. there was a lot to reflect on after i'd met mr hankey and the students and seen the plantations. as a schoolgirl, i'd been taught that britain led the world in abolishing the slave trade. my history lessons glossed over how britain's empire profited from slavery for centuries before abolition, and the cost of abolishing slavery w...

Of cambridge were when they were in jamaica this march. caribbean governments want more from britain than expressions of sorrow over the slave trade. ..should never have happened. the british government, first of all, must apologise wholeheartedly. and notjust the british government, we cannot leave out the monarchy. the royal family played a critical role in sanctioning and participating in the slave trade and slavery. britain's government has never apologised for slavery. the foreign office told this programme that slavery was and still is abhorrent, expressing deep regret that the slave tra...

At the end of an eventful week, we sat with our guides, nicole phillip—dowe and dc campbell, to reflect on what we'd learned. this is grand anse beach, where it all began in 1609 when the british first tried to land and colonise grenada. the carib natives repelled the british, only to be invaded by the french. what, to you, is the legacy of slavery, as you sit on grenada today? well, the people will never forget. the evidence is all around us. we do have structures. we do have memories. we do have history that we can't walk away from. we know most of the people who live on this island are de...

So education, for me, it's always been a medium of advancement. so i think that's an extremely great idea. exceedingly great idea. but we can't undo the past. no, we can't. we can't. it's learning to accept that it happened. but how do you deal with it now that you've come to terms with the fact that this is what has happened? and education, for me, is one of the ways that you can repair that damage. the devil slave masterjabjab is a reminder of grenada's not so distant past. he shouts he's a prominent character during carnival, representing the freed african slaves who mock their former oppre...

Or is it that they genuinely did not know the extent of this? it really opens those questions. there's an active debate on grenada about the brutal legacy of slavery and how to make amends for the past. grenada's national reparations commission is engaging the country's youth in a discussion about what exactly reparations even mean. we've come here to this school to find out what the students have to say. so good afternoon again, girls. students: good afternoon. today we want to chat about the legacy of slavery, and we want to talk about reparations. so in terms of treatment,