Timeline
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The timeline of reparation-related events spans the period from 1897 to 2018.
Date: 2006
The Church of England apologizes for benefitting from slavery London, UKOn 8 February 2006, during the church's general synod, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, calls for the issuing of a formal apology from the Church of England for the role it played in benefiting from enslaved labour.
Date: 2007
Mike Henry calls for reparations in Jamaica JamaicaIn February 2007, the Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Mike Henry, calls for parliament to develop a common position on the impact of slavery and the matter of 'reparation for the countries of the displaced descendants of slavery'.
Date: 2007
Tony Blair apologizes for the Britain's role in the so-called 'slave trade' London, UKOn 15 March 2007, in a joint press conference with the Ghanaian president, John Agyekum Kufuor, the prime minister, Tony Blair, apologizes for Britain's role in the so-called Transatlantic 'slave trade' by stating that 'I have said we are sorry and I say it again … [It is important] to remember what happened in the past, to condemn it and say why it was entirely unacceptable'.