Dutch king apologizes for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
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(CNN) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
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Dutch king apologizes for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
King Willem-Alexander is expected to make a formal apology to mark 160 years since the Netherlands abolished slavery. Could this nudge European leaders closer to reparations?
King Willem-Alexander is expected to make a formal apology to mark 160 years since the Netherlands abolished slavery. This could nudge European leaders closer to reparations, but experts aren't holding their breath.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is expected to formally apologize for the Dutch slave trade during a speech on the 160-year anniversary of abolition.
The historic apology is part of a wider reckoning with colonial histories in the West that have been spurred in recent years by the Black Lives Matter movement.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander will deliver a speech Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery, amid speculation that he could offer an apology on behalf…
King Willem-Alexander is widely expected to make a royal apology for the Netherlands' involvement in slavery on Saturday at an event marking 150 years since slaves were freed in former colonies.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has apologized for his country’s role in slavery and asked forgiveness. The historic apology Saturday came in a speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event
(CNN) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
AMSTERDAM >> 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.
The Netherlands is marking a century and a half since the end of the Dutch slave trade which transported Africans to the Americas. King Willem-Alexander used the occasion to apologize on behalf of his country.
AMSTERDAM — 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.
"I make this apology myself. And I feel the weight of the words in my heart and my soul," King Willem-Alexander said at a ceremony marking 160 years since the end of slavery in the Netherlands.
King Willem-Alexander has made a formal apology to mark 160 years since the Netherlands abolished slavery. Could this nudge European leaders closer to reparations?
The Netherlands is marking a century and a half since the end of the Dutch slave trade which transported Africans to the Americas. It is not yet clear whether King Willem-Alexander will issue a formal apology.
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…
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 echoes in
AMSTERDAM -- 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.
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