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Dutch king issues formal apology for Netherlands’ role in slavery

Dutch king issues formal apology for Netherlands’ role in slavery

King Willem-Alexander formally apologized for the Netherlands’ historic position in slavery and its present implications.

The king was talking Saturday at a ceremony marking the one hundred and sixtieth anniversary of the authorized abolition of slavery within the Netherlands, together with its former colonies within the Caribbean.

“On this day that we remember the Dutch history of slavery, I ask forgiveness for this crime against humanity,” he mentioned. He mentioned racism in Dutch society stays an issue and never everybody would assist his apology.

However “the times have changed and Keti Koti … the chains have truly been broken,” he mentioned to cheers and applause of hundreds of onlookers on the nationwide slavery monument in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark.

“Keti Koti” are Surinamese phrases that imply ‘the chain is damaged’ and it’s the title given to July 1 as a day of remembrance of slavery and celebration of freedom.

The apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the Netherlands’ colonial previous, together with involvement in each the Atlantic slave commerce and slavery in its former Asian colonies.

Willem-Alexander apologized in Indonesia in 2020 for “excessive violence” throughout Dutch colonial rule.

In December Prime Minister Mark Rutte acknowledged the Dutch State bears duty within the Atlantic slave commerce and profited from it, and apologized.

Rutte has mentioned the federal government is not going to pay reparations, as an advisory panel really helpful in 2021.

A government-commissioned research printed final month discovered that the House of Orange profited by round $600 million in trendy phrases from Dutch colonies in 1675-1770, a lot of it given as a present from the Dutch East India Company’s spice commerce income.

The Royal House in December commissioned an unbiased investigation into the Royal Family’s position in colonial historical past, with outcomes anticipated in 2025.

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