{"product_id":"britains-slavery-debt-reparations-now-hardcover","title":"Britain's Slavery Debt: Reparations Now! - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Banner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA concise, reasoned, practical case for why Britain should pay reparations for historic wrongs to present Caribbean inhabitants.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBritain owes reparations to the Caribbean. The exploitation of generations of those trafficked from Africa, or born into enslavement, to work the immensely profitable sugars plantations, enriched both British individuals and the British nation. Colonialism, even after emancipation, perpetuated the exploitation. The Caribbean still suffers, and Britain still benefits, from these historic wrongs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are some fairly standard objections to reparations -- 'slavery ended a long time ago'; 'Britain should be celebrating its role in abolishing slavery'; 'slavery was legal back then and we shouldn't judge the past by the standards of the present'; 'you shouldn't visit the sins of the fathers on the sons'; and so on. And there is a sense that the practical problems of who should pay what to whom are immensely difficult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Banner carefully considers and answers these objections. He argues that reparations are not about punishment, but about the restoration of wrongful gains. In \u003cem\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/em\u003e he makes a specific and practical proposal regarding reparations, picking up on the programme suggested by Caribbean countries (through CARICOM), and taking as a starting point the nearly  20 million paid as compensation by the British government at abolition, not to those who had suffered slavery, but to those who lost enslaved labourers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/em\u003e discusses what can be done, here and now, by individuals and institutions, to advance the case for reparations between national governments.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Banner, \u003cem\u003eDean and Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Banner\u003c\/strong\u003e is Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, having previously held chairs in the University of Edinburgh and at King's College, University of London. He has been a regular contributor to discussions of public policy in areas ranging from the environment to the use of animals in science, from ethical investment to the regulation of the use of human tissue, and has chaired or served as a member of numerous government committees over the past 25 years.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724981563699,"sku":"9780198889441","price":39.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1C6gRf8She9780198889441.webp?v=1763697316","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/britains-slavery-debt-reparations-now-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}