Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the British people are good and decent people and he expects they will demand that their leaders apologize, if they knew the truth about the native genocide which was committed against the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
He made this statement during the annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Obelisk in Dorsetshire Hill on National Heroes Day.
The Prime Minister noted that the 4776 people who were forcibly taken to Balliceaux in 1797 by the British, were taken there to die.
He said some people want the government to focus only on Reparations for the Enslavement of African Bodies, but focus must also be placed on the Native Genocide that was committed.
Prime Minister, Gonsalves said the truth about this genocide by the British have long been hidden from the people of the United Kingdom.
He said the government will continue to push for an apology and reparations.
