PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that
The Netherlands, one of the leading players in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, has issued an apology over a century and a half after the country stopped
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologised Monday on behalf of his Government for the Netherlands' historical role in slavery and the slave trade, despite calls for h.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands' historical role in slavery and the slave trade, despite calls for him to delay the long-awaited statement. "Today I apologize," Rutte said in a 20-minute speech that was greeted with silence by an invited audience at the National Archive. Rutte…
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