This section will showcase some of the actions that Quakers have taken in response to the Yearly Meeting commitment to make reparation.

Resource

Quakers, enslavement and reparation

A report on the history and theology of Quaker involvement in enslavement, abolition and reparation.

Quakers, enslavement and reparation: Report summary (PDF)

Reparation Working Group discernment and decisions

Building connections

We know that Quakers are not alone in considering historical injustice and reparation, and we do not need to begin this work afresh. Building connections with others working on reparation, and with communities affected by the legacy of the trafficking of African peoples across the Atlantic is central to meaningful reparation.

Making commitments

Local and area meetings have begun to consider how they might engage with reparation. We will share the responses which are beginning to emerge.

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