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UK PM Burnham says he is 'open' to formal apology for slavery, but rules out reparations
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he is open to a formal state apology for Britain's historical role in slavery ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, but ruled out financial reparations. In a Guardian article he instead proposed a structured dialogue and a new debt drive, while Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister said the Caribbean's stance on reparatory justice is unchanged.
I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.
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at least 12.5 millionAfricans abducted and sold into slavery in the transatlantic slave tradeThe Editionin which at least 12.5 million Africans were abducted and sold into slavery.
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an estimated 3.2 millionPeople Britain transported across the Atlantic into slaveryThe Editionwith Britain transporting an estimated 3.2 million people across the Atlantic, according to the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database.
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Antigua and Barbuda, at which Caribbean leaders are expected to press demands for reparations.next weekAntigua and BarbudaThe EditionAhead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda next week, King Charles, who is touring the Caribbean, said it was "only right that we should acknowledge the great suffering and injustices of the past".
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