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The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Wednesday, August 25, 2021. \u2014<\/strong> The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, and Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, in response to the University\u2019s receipt of a US$500,000 reparation payment from UK Philanthropist, Bridget Freeman.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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On the heels of the University of Glasgow\u2019s agreement to enter into a \u00a320 million reparation programme with The University of the West Indies, apologizing for its financial participation in the Caribbean slave economy, an English woman has agreed to pay reparations for her family\u2019s involvement in slavery.<\/p>

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Bridget Freeman, a British citizen has agreed to contribute US$500,000 to the University\u2019s development fund\u2014through its 2021 Global Giving campaign. The philanthropist described being \u2018horrified and touched\u2019 by the discussion on the impact of slavery on the region today. She agreed that reparations should be paid by those who benefitted from the crime against humanity. \u201cIt is not right\u201d, she said, \u201cWe owe it\u2026 the giving back just seems so obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bridget\u2019s family married into the Barbados slave-owning class and became involved in its development. As an accomplished musician, she has also declared an intention to contribute to the newly established Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a seminal moment in the regional reparations movement. Bridget Freeman should be celebrated as a citizen who has broken ranks with British white supremacy, conservatism and has become an activist reparationist.<\/p>

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Bridget has accepted her responsibility and willingness to be held accountable. In this regard, she is a reparations hero, and we hope that the millions of other British citizens in her position will step up, come forward, and participate in the healing and development that is reparations.<\/p>\n

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The reparation investment will be directed to needy students in order to sustain the access revolution that is central to Caribbean development and to the University\u2019s strategic plan.<\/p>\n

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The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. 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