Government to establish 200 million-euro fund for initiatives that tackle the legacy of slavery in the Netherlands
Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery.
“But today, on this day of remembrance, I ask forgiveness for the clear failure to act in the face of this crime against humanity,” he added. Research published last month showed that the king’s ancestors earned the modern-day equivalent of 545 million euros from slavery, including profits from shares that were effectively given to them as gifts.
“A lot of people including myself, my group, The Black Archives, and the Black Manifesto say that apology is not enough. An apology should be tied to a form of repair and reparatory justice or reparations,” said Black Archives director Mitchell Esajas. A groundbreaking 2021 exhibition at the national museum of art and history took an unflinching look at slavery in Dutch colonies. In the same year, a report described the Dutch involvement in slavery as a crime against humanity and linked it to what the report described as ongoing institutional racism in the Netherlands.
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