Tag: Slavery
Utrecht apologizes for slavery past: ‘Recognition means we can draw lessons’
Utrecht mainly played a role through the provincial government, the States of Utrecht. In 1721, he encouraged, among other things, the establishment of a Utrecht Company, which had direct interests…
Apologies for slavery past: ‘What’s that got to do with me?’
On the Facebook page of RTV Utrecht, various reactions were received to the message that Utrecht is apologizing for their part in the slavery past. “It’s been years behind us,…
the Central Bank of the Netherlands makes its mea culpa
After Britain’s big business, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) recognizes the important role its early leaders played in slavery, as an independent investigation shows. It is one of the consequences…
the four anti-racist activists acquitted
In the United Kingdom, they had unbolted a statue in Bristol, in June 2020, during a demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The sculpture depicted Edward Colston,…
Nantes explores its colonial past in the exhibition “The abyss”
To bring a new perspective on slavery, for, little by little, ” decolonize his thought “. This is the goal pursued by the Nantes History Museum, in the west of…