We were wrong to allow it: We were right to end it.
We should atone for our role in letting it flourish for as long as it did and acknowledge the pain and suffering it caused at the time.
It is right there should be formal apologies from the UK government and from descendants of the enslavers.
There may be a case for financial assistance in addressing any lingering effects of slavery on the people and countries of the Caribbean that have not been addressed to date.
However, the astronomical figures, in the region of trillions of pounds, cited as the objective of the campaigners are insane and have no rational basis.
Reality must prevail.
