Rick Mercer: Rants, Writings, and Road Trips | SaltWire #comedy #thinkingoutloud #ontour #canadian - Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state as a"reparations gesture" for historical wrongs.
Barbados' government has been considering buying around 21 hectares of the Drax Hall plantation to build homes for low- and middle-income families, according to Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Comissiong said the land of the Drax Hall plantation was"soaked in the blood, sweat and tears" of 30,000 enslaved people who were"worked to death" there and that the MP could take the opportunity to address some of the damage caused by his ancestors by giving up ownership of the plantation.
Mottley said her government had met with Drax but she was not happy with the way conversations were going and that they were evaluating all legal options against Drax.