ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to explore how the history can be learnt from in a way that facilitates relational and attitudinal changes that enable a transformation that delivers a just future. It argues that schools and museums can act as sites for historical truth telling, dialogue and relational repair. The chapter offers a model of repair for the legacies of transatlantic slavery that is superior to financial reparations. It examines why relational and attitudinal repair is so important for repairing legacies of transatlantic slavery. The chapter also explores the idea of relational repair and truth telling, commencing with the basic principles of restorative justice, transitional justice and truth commissions, before considering how such ideas have been adapted in museum exhibitions and educational curricula. It discusses the potential insights that processes of restorative justice utilised in transitional justice settings can offer to the repair of legacies of transatlantic slavery.
