Nijmegen played a crucial role in maintaining slavery: study

Nijmegen played a crucial role in maintaining slavery: study

Nijmegen’s city administrators were partly responsible for making slavery possible, maintaining it, and profiting from it during the colonial times. This was the conclusion of researchers at Radboud University in Nijmegen, who were assigned by the municipality in autumn 2024 to look into the city’s past of slavery. The influence of Nijmegen’s administrators was more significant than other comparable Dutch cities. This came partly due to the role…