Do reparations cause more harm than good? After the revelation that direct ancestors of King Charles III used slave labour, Caribbean nations may be preparing to demand that the British royal family apologise and make reparations.
King Charles faces cash demands over slavery
Royal rates: King Charles noted the “appalling atrocity” of slavery but has not yet formally apologised. Glossary
Compensation - Money paid in exchange for something that is damaged or lost, or in recognition of suffering.
Retribution - A punishment given to somebody who is perceived to have done something wrong.
Imperialism - The practice of growing a country's power through colonisation or force.
Partition - In 1947, the British Raj was split into India and Pakistan.
Servitude - State of being a slave.
Sterling - British money.
Ubiquitous - Everywhere.
Reparations - Providing payment to make amends for a wrongdoing.
Scrutinised - Examined closely.
Abolition - When something is banned, or finally stopped.
Plantations - Enslaved Africans were transported to the New World to take part in a new intensive system of agriculture, growing crops such as tobacco and sugarcane.
Atrocities - Terrible things.