New research reveals King George IV profited from slavery in Grenada

Baptiste’s research, from her independent study “Slaves the Property of His Majesty: George IV and Grenada”, comes amid growing global momentum for reparations for slavery, especially across the Caribbean and Africa.
During the centuries-long transatlantic slave trade more than 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery.
In July, Caribbean leaders backed a petition from Jamaica to King Charles on reparations, which asked the monarch to use his authority to request legal advice from the London-based privy council – the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth countries – on whether the forced transport of Africans to Jamaica was lawful, if it constituted a crime against humanity, and whether Britain was under obligation to provide a remedy to Jamaica for slavery and its enduring consequences.
Keir Starmer’s government has resisted discussions about the issue, with an official spokesperson saying last year, “we do not pay reparations”.

SOURCE: The Guardian