Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM reparations commission - "Here we are again, still at it, 190 years on, asking for compensation for the crimes and suffering that continue to this very day". Just now, speaking to @icws-sas.bsky.social #reparations

Jamaican government official appeal site for the Hurricane Melissa recovery - 400,000 in need, as of this morning. supportjamaica.gov.jm

1st October, St Pancras New Church, Euston, London at 7pm - free, but register below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rivers...

234 years ago, enslaved men and women rose in revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. They secured the first permanent abolition of slavery, and eventually declared Haitian independence on January 1, 1804. 🇭🇹 www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...

Finally! My copy of #Heiresses has arrived! Grateful for generous endorsements from @anitaanand.bsky.social @axrenton.bsky.social @patersonjoseph.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social & the late great Marika Sherwood.

This is very good indeed ... out early next month. Brilliant work by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social

RIP Sir Geoff Palmer - ‘You can’t change the history, but you can still change its consequences.”

Genuinely astonishing. You could almost believe in telepathy.

We're holding another series of free online workshops for 'heirs' to discuss the legacies of transatlantic enslavement and ideas for repair with activists and experts. Email via the website for more info. www.heirsofslavery.org

Happy birthday to the wonderful Sir Geoff Palmer, 85 today - as kind, wise and generous a great Briton as you could hope to meet. Plus - thanks for sorting out the beer! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_P...

Heirs of Slavery is now more than 250 people addressing the fact that their ancestors were enriched by transatlantic enslavement. We hold learning workshops and we support calls for reparative justice. What next? Help us by clicking the questionnaire link on this page www.heirsofslavery.org

Introducing The Big Payback by me and Marcus Ryder. This is the eye-opening case for reparations for slavery and how they would work, featuring leading experts, economists and campaigners. Pre-order now: linktr.ee/the_big_payback Cover features work by Aaron Douglas.

18 months ago we launched Heirs of Slavery - now we have over 250 'heirs' - people whose ancestors gained from transatlantic enslavement. We hold workshops for these people and we support calls for reparative justice. What more could, or should, we do? Link to questionnaire on this page...

Writing White Lives: What compels people to investigate their ancestors’ role as slave-owners? How do they go about it? What do they hope that their research will achieve? And what has been the impact on them and their family? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-sl...

If you dig this, seek out Simon Newman's Freedom Seekers. It's an excellent book on this topic and won the Frederick Douglass prize in 2023. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

One of the great myths of 19th century British moral superiority, post-abolition of slavery. We exploited the Africans the Navy 'saved'. None of them went home. Looking forward to @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social new book.

Fascinating new research and exhibition about Black enslaved & indentured people who escaped their ‘owners’ and ‘masters’ in C18 London, and the ‘safe houses’ that helped them avoid recapture: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nicely said, Dickon Mitchell. Britain, France, Spain and Portugal were most involved in transatlantic enslavement, but it helped enrich many other European nations and city-states (hello Genoa!) #reparations www.politico.eu/article/cari...

During the Scramble for Africa, antislavery served as the justification for Europeans taking control of Africa.

David Olusoga and I discuss the historical denialism on Empire with which Black Lives Matter was met. howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...

Hey it's the end of the US Black History Month! Spoiler: Black History Month is every month 😤

Long hours I've spent failing to explain to (white, British, elderly) people why enslavement of African people is a moral & financial debt we must address. Simpler to give them this by theologian Michael Banner. #reparations @nickebs.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...