Should current generations make reparation for slavery? /

Should current generations make reparation for slavery? /

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Author / Creator:	Thompson, Janna, 1942- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
Description:	ix, 122 pages ; 19 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Political theory today Political theory today (Cambridge, England)
Subject:	African Americans -- Reparations. Reparations for historical injustices -- Case studies. Slavery -- United States -- History. African Americans -- Reparations. Reparations for historical injustices. Slavery. United States. Case studies. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11673931

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ISBN:	9781509516414 1509516417 9781509516421 1509516425 9781509516452 150951645X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-122).
Summary:	"During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history's most monstrous crimes: slavery. Millions of Africans were forcibly abducted from their homes and subjected to misery, humiliation and death as part of the brutal Atlantic slave trade. However, given that those who perpetrated and profited from slavery are long dead, should reparation be made for this historic injustice? Should current generations pay for the crimes of their forebears? If so, how? In this book, Janna Thompson illuminates this debate with skill and clarity. She uses three case studies - France's treatment of Haiti, Britain's role in the African slave trade, and the plight of African Americans - to address these questions in an accessible and engaging fashion. She makes a nuanced case for the necessity of reparations, but argues that the exact form they take should vary from case to case, depending on a whole range of factors, both principled and practical. This engaging book is a concise and highly readable introduction to the issues for students of political theory and philosophy, and anyone who wishes to grapple with the complexities of reparative justice and our responsibility for the darkest aspects of our past"-- "Given that those who perpetrated and profited from slavery are long dead, should reparation be made for this historic injustice? Should current generations pay for the crimes of their forebears? Janna Thompson examines this debate to produce a highly readable introduction to the issues for students of political theory and philosophy"--
Other form:	Online version: Thompson, Janna, 1942- Should current generations make reparation for slavery? First edition. Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018 9781509516452

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