
Introduction to Reparation for Secondary Schools
University of the West Indies Press
Published on 31. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-976-640-866-4 (ISBN)
Description
No study of Caribbean history can be
complete without an examination and appreciation of the topic of reparation.
The opposition to reparation by former colonial powers and others, though,
means that the demand for it is an ongoing struggle. Reparation, however, is
the final link required to close the circle which began with two of the worst
crimes in human history (indigenous genocide and chattel slavery) and must end
with atonement and restitution by the perpetrators on the one hand, and
redemption for the descendants of the victims on the other. Otherwise, there
can be no true peace. As reggae singer Peter Tosh declared, "Everyone is crying
out for peace, no one is crying out for justice. . . . I need equal rights and
justice."
complete without an examination and appreciation of the topic of reparation.
The opposition to reparation by former colonial powers and others, though,
means that the demand for it is an ongoing struggle. Reparation, however, is
the final link required to close the circle which began with two of the worst
crimes in human history (indigenous genocide and chattel slavery) and must end
with atonement and restitution by the perpetrators on the one hand, and
redemption for the descendants of the victims on the other. Otherwise, there
can be no true peace. As reggae singer Peter Tosh declared, "Everyone is crying
out for peace, no one is crying out for justice. . . . I need equal rights and
justice."
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-640-866-4 (9789766408664)
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Verene
A. Shepherd is a social historian and director of the
Centre for Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies. Her many
publications include Caribbean Slavery in
the Atlantic World (co-edited with Hilary McD. Beckles) and Maharani's Misery: Narratives of a Passage
from India to the Caribbean.Gabrielle
D.L. Hemmings is a graduate student at the University
of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and former research assistant at the Centre for
Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
A. Shepherd is a social historian and director of the
Centre for Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies. Her many
publications include Caribbean Slavery in
the Atlantic World (co-edited with Hilary McD. Beckles) and Maharani's Misery: Narratives of a Passage
from India to the Caribbean.Gabrielle
D.L. Hemmings is a graduate student at the University
of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and former research assistant at the Centre for
Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.