Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations
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Esther phillips, the first poet laureate Barbados, photographed her home. She has been a vocal advocatadvocate fpr reparations Text by Janell Ross / Bridgetown, Barbados | Photographs by Christopher Gregory-Rivera for TIME When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, Esther Phillips suggests we stop the car. Phillips, 73, gets out and draws in a deep breath. There’s a faint, sweet smell of something akin to rum out here, about eight miles from the capital city. The dried remains of sugarcane, burned then harvested, flank the road.
Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations
Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery…
Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations
Esther phillips, the first poet laureate Barbados, photographed her home. She has been a vocal advocatadvocate fpr reparations Text by Janell Ross / Bridgetown, Barbados | Photographs by Christopher Gregory-Rivera for TIME When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, Esther Phillips suggests we stop the car. Phillips, 73, gets out and draws in a deep breath. There’s a faint, sweet smell of something akin to rum out here, about eight miles from the capital city. The dried remains of sugarcane, burned then harvested, flank the road.