We are right to demand reparations "It is only just and when it is appreciated that the European colonisers were able to develop their national economies and achieve a high level of industrialisation and export markets as a result of slavery, subjugation and exploitation, Caricom’s thrust is better understood. Indeed, it was a member of the French National Assembly, Bishop Maurey, who would point out to the Assembly, during a debate in 1791, and quoted in Walter Rodney’s celebrated work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: “If you were to lose each year more than 200 million livres that you get from your colonies; if you had not the exclusive trade with your colonies to feed your manufacturers, to maintain your navy, to keep your agriculture going, to pay for your imports, to provide for your luxury needs, to advantageously balance your trade with Europe and Asia, then I say it clearly, the kingdom would be irretrievably lost.”
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:30:46 +0000
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