Britains colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition. 21 November 2013 The true scale of Britains involvement in the slave trade has been laid bare in documents revealing how the countrys wealthiest families received the modern equivalent of billions of pounds in compensation after slavery was abolished. The previously unseen records show exactly who received what in payouts from the Government when slave ownership was abolished by Britain – much to the potential embarrassment of their descendants. Dr Nick Draper from University College London, who has studied the compensation papers, says as many as one-fifth of wealthy Victorian Britons derived all or part of their fortunes from the slave economy. As a result, there are now wealthy families all around the UK still indirectly enjoying the proceeds of slavery where it has been passed on to them. Dr Draper said: There was a feeding frenzy around the compensation. A John Austin, for instance, owned 415 slaves, and got compensation of £20,511, a sum worth nearly £17m today. And there were many who received far more... independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-colonial-shame-slaveowners-given-huge-payouts-after-abolition-8508358.html France’s colonial past in Haiti is coming back to haunt it; 1. HAITI: Independence Debt, Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism, and International “Aid” | Global. globalresearch.ca/haiti-independence-debt-reparations-for-slavery-and-colonialism-and-international-aid/5334619 2. French Rights Group Sues State-Owned Bank For Slavery Reparations By: EW News Desk Team Date: 13 May 2013 economywatch/in-the-news/french-rights-group-sues-state-owned-bank-for-slavery-reparations.13-05.html 3. Fight for Slavery Reparations Splits French Government presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/15/303602/fight-for-slavery-reparations-splits-french-government/ 4. Racism monitor to sue over French banks Haiti plunder france24/en/20130510-france-racism-watchdog-lawsuit-haiti-plunder-slavery-reparations
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