Study Finds Dutch Royal House Deeply Involved in Colonial Exploitation and Sustaining Slave Trade
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Study Finds Dutch Royal House Deeply Involved in Colonial Exploitation and Sustaining Slave Trade
LEIDEN: The Dutch royal house benefited from the Netherlands' colonial policies in past centuries and helped the Dutch slave trade to survive, an in-depth historical study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander showed on Friday."The involvement of the House of Orange-Nassau was wholehearted and without any real reservations," researchers concluded after a three-year study carried out by Dutch historians and human rights experts looking at the pe…
LEIDEN (ANP) - The House of Orange-Nassau was involved in colonialism "with conviction and without substantial reservations." That is the outcome of a three-year study into the role of the Oranges in the colonial history of the Netherlands, between 1600 and 2025, conducted at the request of...
Good morning! Today, the King receives the research into the role of the Royal House in colonial history, and the Synod of the CGK continues its meeting.
On Friday, the King will be presented with a substantial study into the role of his ancestors in colonial history. We already know that members of the House of Orange-Nassau were closely involved with the colonies. It may become known to what extent they benefited financially.
Algemeen Dagblad
bd.nlOn Friday morning, King Willem-Alexander will receive the results of the independent investigation into his family's role in the colonial history of the Netherlands. An investigation into a sensitive subject that he himself initiated. How remarkable is it that a king proposes this himself? And what are we going to read? Five questions about the investigation.
This Friday, a “comprehensive” study will be published on the role the House of Orange-Nassau played in colonial history. It examines exactly what the stadtholders, kings, and queens did or failed to do. Willem-Alexander deems it necessary “to face the impact of history on people and communities as sharply and honestly as possible.”
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