The Dutch Government Is Planning A Fund To Apologize For Their Pivotal Role In The Atlantic Slave TradeWill The US Be Next?

By Jasmine Browley· Updated September 23, 2022

From 1596 and 1829, the Dutch transported nearly half a million Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved by Europeans. This early system was foundational to the nearly 300 years of slavery we recognize today, and now the Dutch are feeling remorseful.

Bloomberg recently reported the country’s government is planning to not only acknowledge, but publicly apologize for its pivotal role

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