In the first of a series of lectures to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the 1763 Berbice Slave Revolt, Sir Hilary Beckles, Principal of the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill in Barbados, said that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries should begin efforts to seek some form of reparation from Western countries for slavery. He stressed that an ongoing discussion was needed to address the issue and called for an “informed and sensible conversation” on what has been described as the, “Worst Crime against humanity.”
