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(Reuters) -As the Netherlands on Monday marked 161 years since the abolition of slavery with annual Ketikoti celebrations, activists have questioned the sincerity of apologies by Dutch authorities ...

The tronco, meaning “tree trunk” serves as the centerpiece for Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery at the United Nations in New York (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) In 1646, João ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC — ...

Frans Post, "Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation" (1660), oil on canvas, 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.9 x 54 cm), held at the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (image via Wikimedia Commons) ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands' role in slavery and the slave trade, in a speech welcomed by activists as historic but lacking in ...

Calvin College will host an expert on the Dutch and the African slave trade for a public lecture on Monday, April 16 at 7:30 pm. Dr. Willem Klooster, a native of the Netherlands, will speak in the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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 ...

Most people in the Netherlands think of slavery and the slave trade as something that happened a long time ago, did not affect many people, and have little relevance to Dutch society today. Nothing ...

Yazidi refugees in the Kurdistan region of Iraq celebrate after receiving humanitarian aid in December 2014. (Photo courtesy of Defend International via Courthouse News) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — ...