Last week, a meeting at the United Nations brought together the descendants of enslaved people and slave owners. The attendees discussed ways to compensate former British colonies in the Caribbean for the legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke to Arley Gill, who attended the meeting. Gill is chairman of Grenada’s National Reparations Commission and joined the show from St. George’s, the Grenadian capital.
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