Tag: Slavery
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…