Tag Archives: Slavery

02Nov/26

The Legal Architecture of Modern Reparations

November 2, 2026PoliticsAbdullah Ibrahim, Accra, Andrew Holness, Applied ethics, Articles, Barbados, Bill, Gender, Ghana, Hilary Beckles, Human rights, International law, Jamaica, Jonathan Burgess, Justice, Kamilah Moore, Mia Mottley, Organizations, Redress, Reparations, Reparations for slavery, Restitution, Restorative justice, Rob Bonta, Sacramento, Slavery, United Statesadmin

From Apologies to Systemic Reform: The Emerging Global and Local Blueprint for Slavery Reparations

Sun, Nov 01 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The contemporary discourse surrounding slavery, systemic exploitation, and reparatory justice operates across a dynamic continuum that bridges digital public opinion, international legal doctrines, and concrete policy proposals. In the digital sphere, public debate on social media is heavily polarized between demands for historical restitution—which frame modern racial and economic disparities as the direct legacy of state-sanctioned chattel slavery and colonialism—and counterarguments that prioritize immediate action against modern human trafficking, question intergenerational culpability, or defend sovereign state interests. This online friction reflects foundational tensions within human rights law between universalist approaches focused on immediate harms and historical-contextual frameworks addressing cumulative, structural injustice. Continue reading →

27Mar/26

The UN Resolution on Slavery Reparations

March 27, 2026PoliticsAbolitionism, Argentina, Atlantic slave trade, Black British history, Canada, Dan Negrea, Digital Frontier, France, Ghana, Haiti, Harold Adlai Agyeman, Human rights, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Isak Nti Asare, Israel, Japan, Jasmine Mickens, Jermaine Ross-Allam, John Dramani Mahama, John Mahama, Kyeretwie Osei, Luc Mubiala Mutoy, Pan-African Congresses on Reparations, Remembrance days, Reparation, Reparations for slavery, Slavery, UNESCO, United Kingdom, United States, World Conference against Racismadmin

UN General Assembly Makes History: Declares Transatlantic Slave Trade the “Gravest Crime Against Humanity”

March 27, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — On March 25, 2026, coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Spearheaded by Ghana and heavily supported by the African Union and Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Resolution A/80/L.48 marks a significant shift in international human rights by calling for a comprehensive framework of reparatory justice.

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25Aug/23

Slavery stole Africans’ ideas as well as their bodies: reparations should reflect this

August 25, 2023PoliticsAbolitionism, Antonio Guterres, Atlantic slave trade, Bob, Creative Commons, Felwine Sarr, George, Guterres, Guy, Henry Cort, Jack, Jamaica, Jemmy, Jenny Bulstrode, Kiev, Kofi, Kwasi, London, Matt, Mingo, Nanny, Patrick Robinson, Reparations, Reparations for slavery, Ron DeSantis, Sam Sharpe, Sheray Warmington, SHUTTERSTOCK, Slavery, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Jenny Bulstrode, UCL and Sheray Warmington, UCL

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of the transatlantic chattel trade persist to this day. “We can draw a straight line from the centuries of colonial exploitation to the social and economic inequalities of today,” he said.

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04May/23

Is the King racist?

May 4, 2023LifestyleAbolitionism, Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, African slave trade, Americas, Atlantic slave trade, Continents, Elizabeth, John Hawkins, Racism, Royal African Company, Slave Trade Act, Slavery, Slavery in Africaadmin

The British monarchy has a long and complicated history with slavery. The first known English slave trader was John Hawkins, who sailed to Africa in 1562 and captured 300 enslaved Africans. Hawkins’s voyages were supported by Queen Elizabeth I, and they helped to establish the English slave trade. Continue reading →