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Barbados government halts plans to buy plantation land

Released Friday, 26th April 2024
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Barbados government halts plans to buy plantation land

Barbados government halts plans to buy plantation land

Barbados government halts plans to buy plantation land

Barbados government halts plans to buy plantation land

Friday, 26th April 2024
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The public outcry in Barbados over a routine land acquisition has highlighted broad support for formal reparations from the descendants of slave holders. Under public pressure, the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley has “paused” government plans to seize — through eminent domain — 50 acres of a former slave plantation and compensate its owner Richard Drax, a British member of Parliament. Host Carol Hills speaks with David Comissiong, Barbados’ ambassador to the Caribbean Community and deputy chair of the Barbados National Task Force on Reparations, about the deal and what it represents to Barbadians.

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