Freedmen News Watch · October 18, 2026, 8:20 AM CDT
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- Jamaica says slavery reparations petition to be heard by UK privy council in March 2027 (via The Guardian)
Jamaica says slavery reparations petition to be heard by UK privy council in March 2027.
A high-level United Kingdom appeals court has set a date to hear Jamaica’s petition for legal advice on its claim for slavery reparations from the UK, the Jamaican government has said.
Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of culture, confirmed in a statement that a hearing had been provisionally set for the week of 8 March, 2027 by the London-based privy council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth countries.
The statement added that the UK had until November this year to file its case. Last month, Grange led a Jamaican delegation to London to file the petition with King Charles, Jamaica’s head of state.
It seeks guidance on three questions: whether the forced transport of Africans to Jamaica was lawful; whether it constituted a crime against humanity; and whether Britain is under an obligation to provide restitution for slavery and its enduring consequences.
On 23 September, Grange announced in Jamaica’s parliament that King Charles had referred the matter to the privy council. Describing the referral as a “big deal”, she told parliament: “The king could have ignored us.
The king could have delayed responding to us.[1]
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