Summary
King Charles III’s Caribbean tour has prompted calls for a formal apology and reparations for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. In the Bahamas, he acknowledged past suffering and injustice, but campaigners said his remarks did not meet their demands; Buckingham Palace says he will not issue a formal apology.Key Facts
- Charles began a nine-day Caribbean tour in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
- He was scheduled to visit Guyana and then travel to Antigua and Barbuda for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders.
- In the Bahamas, Charles said Britain should acknowledge the suffering and injustices of the colonial past.
- Protesters in Nassau called for compensation for Britain’s role in the slave trade.
- The chair of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee said Charles’s remarks fell short of campaigners’ expectations.
- Buckingham Palace says decisions on a formal apology belong to the British government, while Charles is willing to discuss Britain’s involvement.
- The article says about 5 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean between the 15th and 19th centuries, including more than 2 million to British colonies.
- When Britain abolished slavery across most of its empire in 1834, the government compensated slave owners, not the enslaved.
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