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About this book
'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy
'Essential reading' David Eltis
Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it make sense? And, more generally, how can historic wrongs be righted?
Reparations removes the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 • Introduction: Why Now?
- 2 • Judging the Past
- 3 • Context 1: Slavery’s Universality
- 4 • British Slavery
- 5 • Context 2: African Complicity
- 6 • Context 3: British Abolition
- 7 • Context 4: British Anti-Slavery
- 8 • The Post-Colonial Caribbean
- 9 • Naked Emperor I: Hilary Beckles
- 10 • Naked Emperor Ii: The Brattle Report
- 11 • Making Amends for Historic Wrongs
- 12 • The Church of England’s Rush to Repentance
- 13 • In Sum: Why Slavery Reparations Don’t Add Up
- 14 • Conclusion: So Why the Lust for Self-Condemnation?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Copyright Page