Descendants say theft from Portchester Castle reflects spirit of racism that has haunted ‘generation after generation’ The theft of a plaque in Hampshire that told the little-known story of African-Caribbean prisoners in 18 th-century Britain reflects the enduring racism that has fuelled centuries of atrocities against Black and Indigenous Caribbean people, their descendants say.
Drummer Ronald Raymond McDonald was part of a delegation that travelled from Belize and elsewhere to Portchester Castle last week to honour their ancestors: 2, 500 men, women and children transported to Britain as prisoners of war in 1796. Continue reading...