As we celebrate the victories of African Emancipation Day, we are reminded that the fight for justice is far from over. One of the leading Caribbean voices in the fight for compensation resulting from the historical injustices of slavery and colonization, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles says, the British considered the freedom of the African enslaved as the reparations due.