{"product_id":"britains-slavery-debt-michael-banner-9780198889441","title":"Britain's Slavery Debt: Reparations Now!","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA concise, reasoned, practical case for why Britain should pay reparations for historic wrongs to present Caribbean inhabitants.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBritain owes reparations to the Caribbean. The exploitation of generations of those trafficked from Africa, or born into enslavement, to work the immensely profitable sugars plantations, enriched both British individuals and the British nation. Colonialism, even after emancipation, perpetuated the exploitation. The Caribbean still suffers, and Britain still benefits, from these historic wrongs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are some fairly standard objections to reparations -- 'slavery ended a long time ago'; 'Britain should be celebrating its role in abolishing slavery'; 'slavery was legal back then and we shouldn't judge the past by the standards of the present'; 'you shouldn't visit the sins of the fathers on the sons'; and so on. And there is a sense that the practical problems of who should pay what to whom are immensely difficult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Banner carefully considers and answers these objections. He argues that reparations are not about punishment, but about the restoration of wrongful gains. In \u003cem\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/em\u003e he makes a specific and practical proposal regarding reparations, picking up on the programme suggested by Caribbean countries (through CARICOM), and taking as a starting point the nearly  20 million paid as compensation by the British government at abolition, not to those who had suffered slavery, but to those who lost enslaved labourers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/em\u003e discusses what can be done, here and now, by individuals and institutions, to advance the case for reparations between national governments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Banner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198889445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198889441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Banner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46070575137023,"sku":"9780198889441","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9aebb497-6c16-4d95-9219-866d6a3ff52e.jpg?v=1724243676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/britains-slavery-debt-michael-banner-9780198889441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}