Experts estimate economic harm of US$2tn done by 200 years of chattel slavery but stress this is ‘not an invoice’ Britain stole 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, according to new research by a team of international experts. Their report concludes that Barbados’s population of African descent have suffered damages estimated at up to US$2tn (£1.5tn) from 200 years of chattel slavery. Continue reading...