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Historians are fighting to get countries to recognize the benefits to large nations from the slave trade. They are asking that the trade be recognized as a crime against humanity, which would open the door to reparations. Activists are set to send letters to a long list of countries, including Britain, Denmark, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands, asking to them to acknowledge the debt they owe to the descendants of slaves. France has already agreed to acknowledge the evils of slavery as a social and political crime.
"If we accept that it was a crime, then there should be reparations. All crimes deserve compensation for victims and punishment for perpetrators," Diallo also related to the news service. "We'd like to see the creation of an international memorial fund, that would support a School of Memory. A fund