Amsterdam municipality hands out free book about the history of slavery
3 years, 7 months ago

Amsterdam municipality hands out free book about the history of slavery

NL Times  

At multiple larger libraries and the City Hall in Amsterdam, anyone can now pick up a free copy of the book, Amsterdam and the History of Slavery. With this initiative, the municipality hopes to educate the general public about the role Amsterdam played in the global slave trade in the past. The administrators were members of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, and often also invested privately in slave ships and plantations. In the coming month, the municipality said they want to draw more attention to the history of slavery via documentaries, and the recently opened exhibition on slavery at the Rijksmuseum.

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Two-thirds of Dutch in favor of national museum on the history of slavery
3 years, 4 months ago

Two-thirds of Dutch in favor of national museum on the history of slavery

NL Times  

Around two-thirds of the Dutch are in favor of the establishment of a national museum on the history of slavery, EenVandaag reported based on a survey among 30 thousand respondents. “I think we will then get more respect for someone with a different skin color.” Respondents who were critical of a slavery museum worried that it would paint a one-sided …

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers’ role in slavery
3 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers’ role in slavery

Associated Press  

AMSTERDAM — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital’s former governors in the global slave trade, saying the moment had come for the city to confront its grim history. “Because we want to be a government for those for whom the past is painful and its legacy a burden.” While apologizing, she also …

Major Dutch cities pushing for abolition of slavery to become a national holiday
3 years, 6 months ago

Major Dutch cities pushing for abolition of slavery to become a national holiday

NL Times  

Representatives of the four largest Dutch cities have sent a letter to Tweede Kamer asking the Cabinet to own up to the 'hidden and uncomfortable’ colonial past of the Netherlands. In addition to the national holiday, the council chiefs of the four cities also asked for a national investigation into the country’s colonial past. The representatives of the four largest …

Gold, ivory and human beings: New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
3 years, 7 months ago

Gold, ivory and human beings: New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery

Firstpost  

The 10 stories featured in the Amsterdam exhibition span 250 years of Dutch colonial history and four continents — Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. The stark contrast between finery and brutality, wealth and inhumanity is a recurring pattern at the museum’s unflinching exhibition titled, simply, Slavery, that examines the history of Dutch involvement in the international slave trade. Nearby, …

New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
3 years, 7 months ago

New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The stark contrast between finery and brutality, wealth and …

Rijksmuseum opens its first-ever exhibition on slavery
3 years, 7 months ago

Rijksmuseum opens its first-ever exhibition on slavery

NL Times  

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opens its first major exhibition devoted to the subject of slavery on Tuesday. The exhibition sheds light on ten personal stories of enslaved people including people brought to the Netherlands, slave owners, and those who fought against slavery. The exhibit forces people to confront the country's 250-year colonialist period, with focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade …

Massive archive of Dutch slavery past published in digital archive
3 years, 8 months ago

Massive archive of Dutch slavery past published in digital archive

NL Times  

The national archive of the Netherlands launched a virtual archive containing around 1.9 million documents about the Dutch history of slavery. The archives consist of restored material from the West India Company, the commercial slave trader Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie, the Suriname Society and documents about the Dutch occupation of the coast of Guinea. The archives also include information about Dutch …

Amsterdam exploring options for national slave trade museum
4 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam exploring options for national slave trade museum

NL Times  

The municipality of Amsterdam announced that it is exploring the possibilities of opening a museum about the Netherlands' history in the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved people. Amsterdam teamed up with innovation agency IZI Solutions, the Museum without Walls foundation, and the national institute for Dutch slavery past and heritage NiNsee for this product. "More and more people are aware of …

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