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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Provide a symbolic apology for the enforced slavery of Black people. More details
Submitted by Lila Webley – Deadline to sign up by: 31 July 2007 – Signatures: 116
More details from petition creator
It is a fitting time, when remembering the act of parliament that abolished the transatlantic transportation of Black slaves, to raise the need for a symbolic apology from the British government for the enforced slavery of Black people.
The experiences of many Caribbeans and Africans today are testimony to the fact that the legacy of slavery still lives on affecting self-confidence, attainment and assimilation into society.
It is time that the British government accepted the travesty of slavery during the 17th to 20th centuries and its devastating impact of the lives of those who were forcibly enslaved and their descendants.
Please sign this petition if you believe that Black people will not be able to collectively progress unless an apology is made.
Current signatories
Lila Webley, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- John Beisley
- Linette Irons
- Alberta Stevens
- Nat Queen
- Anthony Farinha
- Michelle Bent
- John Fisher
- Gary Darien
- Daisy Anna Lees
- Patsy Bovell
- dona croll
- Maria Francis
- Jheni Williams
- Monisha Webley
- Jide Odusina
- K Mullings
- delcie
- Miriam Davis
- Andrea Smith
- R Johnstone
- Judi Crimmins
- Phoenicia Oyeniyi
- Sharon W
- Janice Spence
- Sharmain douglas
- Derrick Lynch - Race Equality Secret Service
- Rosa Goncalves
- Dr Julian Caesar
- verona Patterson
- Mark
- Jemima
- Joe Jabbar
- Rosemary Cragg
- nicole ruddock
- gayle mokogwu
- Douglas Russell
- caroline collins
- Flozel Webley
- David Ibe
- juliet francis
- Arnold Bright
- Gary Peters
- Hortense Mahoney
- David Pott
- Margaret Higgins
- Anne Higgins
- Sean Ferguson
- Patrick Boyce
- Chigbo JohnPaul Ibe
- LEON GRAHAM
- eloise bailey
- Angela Smith
- David
- Desola
- Obedine Liya
- isobel Terry
- An apology; and also more practical action
- Hind Hassan
- Carla Cotterell
- victoria kington
- Dave Alexander
- Yvonne Webley
- Duke Highsnmith
- Lauretta Morris
- Yasmin
- Joan
- Michael Oliver
- Olive
- Phil Meredith
- Lorna Forrester
- Dapo Ladimeji
- Jennifer J Harris
- Tanesha Baxter
- Paul Brian Tovey
- Kelvin Joseph
- Alison Hewitt
- DAVID CHEN
- Cuthbert Jack
- Frederick Hamilton
- Claudette Coke
- Audra Brown
- roy bean
- Saffron Jackson
- Cheryl Grffith
- Davis Chavunduka
- Anthony Muhammad
- Paul Glynn
- Candice Bryan
- Lorraine Forde
- D Finlayter
- tony warner
- Dawn Brathwaite
- Carla Williams
- Tokunbo Salami
- Judy Seale
- ade borishade
- Yvonne Worrell
- Katherine Dolan
- marlene walker
- Adeyinka Omole
- Bubba Williams
- Alexandra Seale
- Andrea Lindsay
- Doreen Joseph
- Aronda Warren
- Matilda MacAttram
- Beverly Miller
- Trevor Clarke
- Kate Coleman
- Cham Kaur-Mann
- gerald gabriel
- Joan Duke
- Ian McLaren
- G Harris
- Zaneta Denny
