Britain paid £20 million to compensate slave owners when slavery was abolished. But what did the formerly enslaved receive? Nothing.
In this powerful and thought-provoking article, Dr Diahanne Rhiney challenges Britain to confront an uncomfortable truth: the financial debt to enslavers was honoured, but the debt of justice to the enslaved remains unpaid.
Who benefited? Who was forgotten? And why does this history still matter today?
Read The Invoice Britain Paid to the Wrong Side.
