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King Willem-Alexander apologized as the Netherlands marked 150 years since the practical abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Caribbean.
Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.
Unwrapping the red, white, and blue flags to put up for display is the Colonial Flag team, a local flag making company. They are setting up 250 flags on seven foot flagpoles for Sandy City.
A slavery exhibition titled "Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery," will open at the United Nations in New York. The exhibition will be open from Feb. 27 to March 30.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has formally apologised for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected. The king was speaking at a ceremony on ...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has commissioned an independent research into the role of the royal family in the colonial past of the Netherlands, the Dutch government's information service (RVD ...
Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, stone ramparts, and crashing waves create stunning aerial vistas ...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized for his country's role in colonial slave trading, amid a national reckoning over the brutal history of Dutch imperialism, whose legacy still ...
Like many nations, the Netherlands has been grappling with its colonial past, with the history of Dutch slavery added for the first time to local school curriculums in 2006.
Both estates have survived more than a century of changes, and one property is for sale: A two-story Dutch Colonial Revival house on a 1.66-acre lot.