Jamaica’s Reparations Campaign Is A Waste Of A Good Government

Jamaica’s Reparations Campaign Is A Waste Of A Good Government

By Lipton Matthews via Mises Wire | August 18, 2026 In September, a Jamaican delegation will travel to Britain to place a petition in the hands of King Charles III. The request is quite specific: that the King, in his capacity as Jamaica’s head of state, refer three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on whether the transatlantic slave trade was unlawful, whether it amounted to a crime against humanity, and whether Britain o…