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Pressure mounts on the government of Jamaica as international activists recently demanded a repeal of colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex. They noted that the government still has not heeded a regional rights panel’s recommendations two years ago to do so. continues on A8 – Pressure Mounts
GRENADA
Descendants of plantation owners apologize for family’s role in slavery Surviving relatives of a family in the United Kingdom - who in the 18th and 19th centuries jointly owned approximately 1,200 slaves, on six plantations, in three different parishes in Grenada - recently apologized for the actions of their forefathers. “To the people of Grenada, we the undersigned write to apologize for the actions of our ancestors in holding your ancestors in slavery,” said the opening paragraph of a letter
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell accepts the apology letter from members of the Trevelyan family. (CMC photo)
presented to Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell during a ceremony at the Grenada Trade Centre.
Signed by seven members of the Trevelyan family, including well-known BBC correspondent Laura Trevelyan, the letter describes slavery as a crime that was and continues to be a crime against humanity. “Its damaging effects continue to this present day. We repudiate our ancestors’ involvement in it, we apologize to the surviving descendants of the enslaved on those estates for the continuing impact on their daily lives, their health, and their well-being,” the correspondence stated. The complete letter, which was then
handed over to Prime Minister Mitchell, was in turn presented to members of the local Reparations Committee. It is expected to be handed over to the regional committee.
The ceremony, which was attended by the Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Committee, Professor Hilary Beckles, Vice Chair of the Grenada National Reparations continues on A5 – Promises Reparations
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