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SUMMARY:Slavery\, emancipation\, and the quest for reparations in Antigua 
 and Barbuda - Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Lydia Clough
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda began the 
 quest for reparations for the African slave trade in 2011 during the UN Ge
 neral Assembly’s annual general debate. Years earlier\, Antiguan slave p
 ast was unearthed\, for the first time\, by archaeologists. The material l
 ives of African and Afro-descendant slaves\, silenced by the colonial reco
 rds\, were brought to life\, as well as the need to build a different hist
 ory of the country. Settled by the British in 1632\, Antigua became a lead
 ing colony in the production and trade of sugar cane. By 1736\, 85% of the
  population were African and Afro-descendant slaves working on the very lu
 crative plantations. Sugar\, and particularly African and Afro-Caribbean s
 laves’ labour\, fuelled the British economy and the wealth of the nation
 ’s landed aristocracy who\, in turn\, became the benefactors of the most
  important universities in Britain and in New England. Drawing on the mate
 rial culture of both slaves and planters in Antigua and in England\, this 
 seminar addresses the significance of archaeology in exhibiting slaves’ 
 lives\, as well as the need for a combined heritage narrative between the 
 West Indies and the UK that officially confronts past injustices and ackno
 wledges the long-standing legacies of slavery.\n\nDr Beatriz Marín-Aguile
 ra is a Renfrew Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Resear
 ch\, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College  \n\nPlease
  join us on Zoom for this presentation.  \n\nPlease register via the follo
 wing link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcodO2urzksHtx5J0894BwqR1W3vE
 u1a9UT\n\nFor those unable to attend the live event\, a recording of the p
 resentation will be made available on the Department of Archaeology YouTub
 e channel. 
LOCATION:Zoom
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