Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes

The Guardian

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/20/tory-mp-from-slave-owning-family-set-to-gain-3m-from-sale-of-former-plantation

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Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes

The Guardian
Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes

The Guardian

Tory MP Richard Drax is set to make £3m from the sale of his family's former slave plantation

The move has angered many Barbadians, especially those who say the Drax family played a pivotal role in the development of slavery based sugar production and the Barbados slave code in the 17th century. This denied Black Africans basic human rights, including the right to life

#Tories #Slavery #Reparations #BritishEmpire #RichardDrax #UKPol #Barbados

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/20/tory-mp-from-slave-owning-family-set-to-gain-3m-from-sale-of-former-plantation

Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes

The Guardian

Letter to Richard Drax, UK Conservative MP, Re: Being a numpty.

Dear Richard,
Fuck right off now.

Yours tellingyou togetfuckededly,

UK voters without their heads up their arses.

#ukpol #uk #richarddrax #tories

@Bannatyne84 MP Richard Drax. That’s it. It’s that simple. The bloke sits in continuing privilege although his land, wealth and influence are borne from slavery in Barbados.
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Tory MP’s historic family links to slavery raise questions about Britain’s position on reparations

Some UK families whose wealth largely derives from the transatlantic slave trade have agreed to pay reparations.

The Conversation
Signage put up in my home town by #ExtinctionRebellion Purbeck celebrating the sterling work by 2 of our local Tory MPs and Wessex Water in polluting the sea and rivers in one of the most biodiverse habitats in Europe
#RichardDrax #MichaelTomlinson #WessexWater #sewage #waterpollution

A British MP is targeted by a reparations demand over Caribbean slavery.

Barbados wants to nationalise a sugar plantation owned by Richard Drax, a wealthy member of parliament for the Conservative Party and descendant of a family of colonists enriched by the slave trade on the island.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/12/30/british-mp-targeted-by-reparations-demand-over-caribbean-slavery_6009757_4.html

#UK #Slavery #Reparations #RichardDrax

British MP targeted by reparations demand over Caribbean slavery

Barbados wants to nationalize a sugar plantation owned by Richard Drax, a wealthy member of the British Conservative Party and descendant of a family of colonists enriched by the slave trade on the island.

Le Monde

Barbados plans to make Tory MP Richard Drax the first individual to pay reparations for his ancestors' significant role in slavery.

Drax, MP for South Dorset since 2010, still owns the sugar plantation in Barbados that was established by his slave-owning ancestors.

#barbados #reparations #slavery #richarddrax #tory