reparations

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Iran has demanded reparations for destruction wrought in the five-week onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Most of the reparations paid by governments came in the form of compensation to slave owners in the 19th Century, rather than to those who had been enslaved.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Countries affected by slavery have been asking for reparations for more than a century.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The US has historically refused to recognise a right to reparations because slavery was legal, and even regulated by several countries, between the 15th and 19th Centuries.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The treaty forced Germany to take all the blame for starting the war and to pay high reparations that made Germany poor.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti