Editorial Staff
16/01/25 06:35

Editorial Staff
16/01/25 06:35

Harvard University Offers Support to UWIFIC to Identify Descendants of Antiguan Slaves

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Harvard Law School

The Cabinet discussed the visit of three Harvard University officials to the Prime Minister the day before.

Harvard University, especially its law school, received a very large endowment from an Antiguan slave master named Isaac Royall of Royall’s Estate.

Harvard University will provide significant resources to the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus to embark on significant research to identify the descendants of the Antiguans who were moved to Massachusetts between 1670 and 1810.

The enslaved Antiguans came from the five plantations on Antigua owned by the Royall Family over generations.

The Harvard contribution to Antigua and Barbuda is considered a form of reparation that must be proportionate to the harm.

To trace the lineage of the exported families, church records as well as slave registers will be examined by the research team that will visit Antigua in the coming months.

Harvard University is also a healthcare provider and, as such, its assistance in tackling the Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) that plague Antigua and Barbuda, will also be sought.

3 Comments

  1. Factual

    You mean African slaves who were kidnapped and brought to Antigua. The Antiguans did not allow themselves to be enslaved.

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  2. Gimme a break

    Of course the antiguans were enslaved, they still are to this day cooking and cleaning for tourists and can’t even build a decent home. Shut up Factual if you don’t have anything intelligent to say.

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  3. Real talk

    Gaston looking for some kind of money. This is another Alfa Nero move. May it be granted because Antiguans brukkkkkkkk

    Reply

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