Most Britons Do Not Know Scale Of Uks Involvement In Slavery, Survey Finds

Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising Britons are widely ignorant of the scale and legacy of and colonialism, a survey has found, with the vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved, how long the trade went on for, or for how long UK taxpayers were paying off a government loan to compensate enslavers after . The poll, released to coincide with Tuesdays UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, was commissioned by the , which is working with to secure reparatory justice for member states through health, education and infrastructure projects.