The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua has been dominated by a brouhaha concerning the role of Britain in the international slave trade and demands for an apology and possibly reparations. This has been a recurrent and increasingly important topic for many of the member states present and has a particular resonance in Antigua – one of the sugar-producing islands which in the 18th century depended heavily on slave labour and were the main destinations
