Overview

• Excerpts from The Big Payback call for payments to every Black British person as well as to Caribbean nations, citing a total demand of about £18 trillion.
• The authors draw on the Brattle Report, which estimates roughly $100 trillion by valuing lost liberty, mental anguish and unpaid wages.
• The book argues reparations should redistribute power to dismantle systems rooted in slavery and to help end racism.
• Faber lists Sir Lenny Henry as co-author with TV executive Marcus Ryder, with publication slated for October 9 and additional contributions from Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Kehinde Andrews.
• Coverage situates the proposal within UK history, noting the 1807 trade ban, 1834 abolition and a £20 million loan used to compensate slave owners, while also highlighting demographic context about Britain’s 2.4 million Black residents.