Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade

Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against <br/>humanity committed in the modern era. Yet to this day no former slave society <br/>in the Americas has paid reparations to former slaves or their descendants. Ana <br/>Lucia Araujo shows that these calls for reparations have persevered over a long <br/>and difficult history. She traces the ways in which enslaved and freed individuals <br/>have conceptualized the idea of reparations since the 18th century in petitions <br/>correspondence pamphlets public speeches slave narratives and judicial <br/>claims. Taking the reader through the era of slavery emancipation post-abolition <br/>and the present day and drawing on the voices of various of enslaved peoples <br/>and their descendants the book illuminates the multiple dimensions of the <br/>demands of reparations.<br/><br/>This new edition boasts a new chapter on the global impact of the Black Lives <br/>Matter movement the seismic effect of the killing of George Floyd calls for <br/>university reparations and the dismantling of statues. Updated throughout this <br/>edition includes primary sources further readings and many illustrations.