查尔斯国王周二在加勒比海之行的第一站承认了奴隶制造成的毁灭性影响，但没有进行道歉或提供赔偿。
King Charles acknowledged the devastating impacts of slavery during the first stop of his Caribbean tour on Tuesday, but stopped short of apologizing or offering reparations.
查尔斯在巴哈马发表讲话时表示，承认“这些岛屿及其他地区过去的巨大苦难和不公正”是“理所应当的”。巴哈马国家赔偿委员会主席尼亚姆比·霍尔·坎贝尔-迪恩表示，国王做得还不够。
Speaking in the Bahamas, Charles said it was "only right" to acknowledge "the great suffering and injustices of the past in these islands and beyond." Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, chair of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee, says the King didn't go far enough.
她在接受主持人尼尔·科克萨尔采访时表示：“承认就像有人撞了你的车，然后说‘哦，我很抱歉’。但道歉是当他们撞了你的车时说：‘我很抱歉，这是我的保险单。’这就像是认识到发生了坏事，与为之承担责任之间的区别。”
"Acknowledgement is like when somebody hits your car and says, 'Oh, I'm sorry.' But the apology when they hit your car, and say, 'I am sorry, and here's my insurance.' It's the difference between recognizing that something bad has happened, and holding yourself accountable for it," she told host Nil Köksal.
“我们需要的是问责。我们需要的不仅仅是遗憾的声明。因为我们知道奴隶制是一件坏事。所有人都知道奴隶制是一件坏事。”从15世纪到19世纪，至少有1250万非洲人被欧洲贩奴者劫持并贩卖为奴，其中英国跨大西洋运送了约320万人，这使其成为最大的贩奴国家之一。坎贝尔-迪恩在索取赔偿方面的诉求并非孤例。
"We need accountability. We don't just need statements of regret. Because we know that slavery was a bad thing. Everybody knows that slavery is a bad thing." From the 15th to the 19th century, at least 12.5 million Africans were abducted and sold into slavery by European traders, with Britain transporting an estimated 3.2 million people across the Atlantic, making it one of the biggest slave-trading nations. Campbell-Dean isn't alone in her demand for reparations.
加勒比共同体是一个由加勒比国家组成的区域和经济联盟，长期以来一直呼吁英国和其他推行奴隶制的国家向被奴役者的后代道歉并提供经济赔偿。
CARICOM, a regional and economic union of Caribbean countries, has long called on the U.K. and other enslaving nations to apologize and offer financial compensation to the descendants of enslaved peoples.
当查尔斯下周在安提瓜和巴布达会见英联邦政府首脑时，这一诉求将被提上议程。
When Charles meets with the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Antigua and Barbuda next week, that demand will be on the agenda.
加勒比共同体秘书长卡拉·巴内特上个月表示：“加勒比地区一贯主张，赔偿从根本上讲关乎正义。”
"The Caribbean has consistently asserted that reparations is fundamentally about justice," Carla Barnett, secretary general of the regional bloc CARICOM, said last month.
坎贝尔-迪恩表示，近年来全球争取奴隶制赔偿的运动势头日增，英国是时候迎头赶上了。
Campbell-Dean says the move for slavery reparations has gained momentum around the world in recent years, and it's time for the U.K. to catch up.
今年3月，联合国大会通过了一项决议，呼吁实现赔偿正义，包括对奴役时期和持续造成的伤害进行全面道歉和赔偿。英国和加拿大均在表决中投了弃权票。
In March, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for reparatory justice, including a full apology and compensation both for the period of enslavement and for continuing harms. Both the U.K. and Canada abstained from the vote.
坎贝尔-迪恩说：“我们希望我们的国王真正能够巩固他的政治遗产，成为推动赔偿向前发展的国王，而不是一个只是将问题推给下一代的国王。”倡导者表示，这不仅仅是一个过去的问题 白金汉宫曾表示，国王将在访问期间谈及奴隶制，但不会提供正式道歉。
"We want our King to really be able to cement his legacy as the King that moved reparations forward," Campbell-Dean said. "Not the one that simply passed it on to the next generation." Not just an issue of the past, say advocates Buckingham Palace said the King would address slavery during the tour, but not offer a formal apology.
白金汉宫发言人表示，此访主要聚焦于“现代伙伴关系和未来的机遇”，查尔斯将参与并宣传“我们过去最耻辱的方面”。伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院宪法和君主制专家克雷格·普雷斯科特表示，国王受到英国民选政府政策的限制。
A palace spokesperson said the visit would focus mainly on "modern partnerships and opportunities for the future" and that Charles would engage with and educate about "the most shameful aspects of our past." Craig Prescott, an expert on constitutional law and the monarchy at Royal Holloway, University of London, says the King is limited by the policy of the elected British government.
他说：“从这个意义上讲，这不是国王能决定的事情。政府长期以来的政策是，承认奴隶制曾经发生过，这是英国历史上的污点，但赔偿是不可支付的。”然而，坎贝尔-迪恩表示，把这个问题完全归咎于过去，是对那些至今仍生活在其后果中的人们的伤害。
"It's not a matter for the King, in that sense," he said. "And it is the longstanding policy of the government to, yes, note that slavery happened and that it is a stain on British history, but that reparations are not payable." But placing the issue squarely in the past does a disservice to those still living with its consequences, says Campbell-Dean.
她说：“这些遗产继续影响着我们作为国家前行、成长和建设的方式。”
"These are legacies that continue to affect the way that we move and grow and build as a country," she said.
弗吉尼亚联邦大学历史学教授布鲁克·纽曼表示，英国王室从奴隶贸易中获益匪浅。
Brooke Newman, a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, says the British Crown has reaped tremendous benefits from the slave trade.
她在书中辩称，英国君主所做的不仅仅是统治着一个将非洲奴隶跨大西洋运送到新世界糖、烟草和棉田劳作的帝国。
In her book, she argues British monarchs did more than just preside over an empire where enslaved Africans were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to labour in the sugar, tobacco and cotton fields of the New World.
他们还是贩奴公司的主要投资者，并向贩奴者授予独家贸易权以换取利润分成。
They were also major investors in slaving companies and also granted exclusive trading rights to slavers in exchange for profit shares.
她称查尔斯周二的演讲是“空洞的”。坎贝尔-迪恩表示，她对查尔斯无权处理奴隶制问题的说法持怀疑态度。
She called Charles's speech on Tuesday "hollow." Campbell-Dean says she's skeptical of arguments that Charles doesn't have the power to address slavery.
她指出，荷兰国王已于2023年就该国在奴隶贸易中所扮演的角色进行了道歉。
She noted the Dutch king apologized for his country's role in the slave trade in 2023.
她说：“国王是我们的国家元首，所以他真的没有什么可怕的。他有权力、地位和立场来进行道歉。”
"The King is our head of state, so really he has nothing to be afraid of," she said. "He has the power and the status and the position to make the apology."