Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

Descendants of black American slaves are to sue Lloyd's of London for insuring ships used in the trade

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3578863.stm

To be honest, I think that this is more about bringing the information to the masses. These big organisations are big because they made their money off the backs (and misery) of other people......the slave trade!

I only have to walk around Glasgow to see the main streets in the City Centre were named after the big merchents of Glasgow........who allso made their cash off of transporting tobacco......grown by and shipped by Slaves.

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

sorry but i think this is a pile of ****. I dont see why 18th century slave trade has had an effect on their descendants live.

It is just more people going mad and suing whoever they can. I am getting sick of it. If it was that important, the parents of the claimants, or perhaps their grandparents, would have taken some action.

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Go to radio 4's web side and listen to last weeks Now Show :)

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

I'm thinking of sueing the Romans for invading England.

What did the Romans ever do for us.......?

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

Oooo can we sue the French for 1066?
Or would it be the scandinavians as William was Norman?

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

Or maby I could sue the Russians for invading Latvia in WW2 and chucking my family off their farm and sending millions of my countrymen to the Gulags and their deaths :rolleyes:

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Actually, for that you might be able to.
Doubt you'd be allowed to win though :(

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Look - who are you talking about? William or Norman???? :pp

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i'm sure if all black people in this country were rich with good jobs you wouldn't see this lawsuit, it's black people with no job/poorly paid job and a huge chip on their shoulder.
they want to blame someone else for their problems not themselves.
it another part of the blame culture.
Ali G "is it because i is black?"

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

Actually, I suppose that William, or at least his grandfather, was an illegal immigrant in Normandy. :)

Re: Slave descendants to sue Lloyd's
 

I think you will find that he was Norman as in from Normandy....

I think you were thinking of Norse??