On Emancipation Day, the Grenada National Reparations Committee issued a statement linking the commemoration of emancipation to the unfinished pursuit of reparatory justice. The statement placed the formal end of slavery alongside the long persistence of economic and social harms, and urged continued public engagement with the history. Emancipation commemorations can honor the struggle and agency of enslaved people while also asking who received compensation after abolition and who inherited the costs of slavery. The committee's statement is evidence of an organized Grenadian reparations campaign in public life.
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What did the Grenada National Reparations Committee connect in its 2021 Emancipation Day statement?
The committee used the commemoration to call attention to unfinished reparatory justice.
The Grenada National Reparations Committee's Emancipation Day statement treated reparatory justice as an unfinished issue.
The statement linked commemoration to the ongoing campaign for reparatory justice.