Intrepid_Method_ t1_iy73lvh wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:54 AM

They still own the plantation…that is extremely uncomfortable. The government’s idea of turning part of the plantation property into affordable housing seems reasonable.

Although, I wonder if the bodies of the ~30,000 children and adults worked to death are buried on the property?

moodpecker t1_iybhhse wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:52 AM

I'm presuming that Barbados has an eminent domain system in place where they can force the owner to sell his/her property to the government. If so, they can accomplish the same end of obtaining the property, but without setting a very ugly precedent of tossing out individual rights if enough people think it's justified. The whole point of a democratic republic is to protect individual rights from the whims of the majority.