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ReviewBMJ global health2026

Reparations for Caribbean slavery and the potential impact on human well-being.

Hilary Beckles, Smit Chitre, Eugene T Richardson

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Review in BMJ global health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hilary BecklesThe University of the West Indies, Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica.
Smit ChitreGlobal Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Eugene T RichardsonGlobal Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA eugene_richardson@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8437-0671

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reparations movement has emerged as a critical global force addressing the historical injustices of slavery, colonialism and underdevelopment. Grounded in the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, the movement has gained momentum through regional bodies like the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission (CRC). This article examines the intersection of colonialism, enslavement and contemporary challenges related to health and the environment-highlighting the Caribbean as a focal point for reparatory and environmental justice. It underscores how legacies of depredation, including structural underdevelopment and path-dependent health inequities, exacerbate the region's vulnerability to climate change and its impacts, such as severe hurricanes and rising sea levels. The CRC's Ten-Point Action Plan offers a comprehensive reparations strategy, encompassing formal apologies, debt cancellation, cultural preservation and public health investment. We advocate for reparative and decolonial approaches to rectify historical wrongs while addressing present and future ecological crises.

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ColonialismEnslavementCaribbean RegionClimate ChangeGlobal HealthHumansRacismGlobal Health

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PMID41871846
PMCPMC13034376

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