Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
6. 1. Reparations for Slavery: A Productive Strategy? 19
7. 2. Slavery, Universities, and Reparations 35
8. 3. “ Free Citizens of This Nation”: Cherokee Slavery, Descendants of Freedpeople, and Possibilities for Repair 47
9. 4. The Jamaican Case for Reparations Against the British Government for Slavery and Colonization 59
10. 5. The University and Slavery: Reflections upon the History and Future of the University of the West Indies 75
11. 6. French Justice and the Claims for Reparations by Slave Descendants in Guadeloupe 83
12. PART II. REPARATIONS: PRECEDENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
13. 7. History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice 101
14. 8. A Critical Assessment of Colombia’s Reparations Policies in the Context of the Peace Process 119
15. 9. Justice Beyond the Final Verdict: The Role of Court- Ordered Reparations in the Struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in Guatemala 137
16. 10. Colonial History at Court: Legal Decisions and Their Social Dilemmas 153
17. PART III. OUTSTANDING ISSUES: UNREPAIRED STATE- SPONSORED COLLECTIVE INJUSTICE
18. 11. Unhealed Wounds of World War I: Armenia, Kurdistan, and Palestine 171
19. 12. Nakba Denial: Israeli Resistance to Palestinian Refugee Reparations 183
20. 13. Repairing Colonial Symmetry: Algerian Archive Restitution As Reparation for Crimes of Colonialism? 201
21. 14. The Romani Genocide During the Holocaust: Resistance and Restitution 219
22. PART IV. WAYS FORWARD FOR REPARATIONS
23. 15. The Roma Case for Reparations 253
24. 16. What Justice for Starvation Crimes? 272
25. 17. Stopping the Crimes While Repairing the Victims: Personal Reflections of a Global Prosecutor 291
26. Postscript 303
27. Notes 305
28. List of Contributors 371
29. Index 381
30. Acknowledgments 395