According to Jamaican officials, the petition asks the monarch questions regarding whether Britain has a legal obligation to provide reparations for slavery.
Jamaica will send a government delegation to the United Kingdom on Sept. 6 to formally present a slavery reparations petition to King Charles III, seeking legal clarification on Britain’s responsibility for the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting impact on the Caribbean, The Guardian reports.
Later this year, Jamaica will take the case for reparations directly to King Charles, lodging a formal petition.It is getting harder and harder for British institutions to maintain their favoured tactic of simply ignoring calls for repair.https://t.co/zJJGqCYpze— Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@BellRibeiroAddy) July 1, 2026
Britain has consistently rejected calls for slavery reparations, maintaining that it does not support financial compensation for the institution of slavery while acknowledging its historical role in the transatlantic slave trade.
“We intend to petition King Charles on September 6 — a historic day,” Grange said according to the outlet. “On this date in 1781, the Zong slave ship departed West Africa for Jamaica with 442 enslaved Africans.”
Laleta Davis Mattis, chair of Jamaica’s National Council on Reparations, called the petition “a significant milestone in our long pursuit of reparatory justice,” while crediting Jamaican and British legal experts with developing the initiative.
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Source: Black Enterprise
