Article continues after advertisement“And successive Dutch governments after 1863 failed to adequately see and acknowledge that our slavery past continued to have negative effects and still does. For that I offer the apologies of the Dutch government,” the Dutch prime minister said. Rutte also spoke briefly in English on Monday, saying: “Today, I apologize.”“For centuries, the Dutch state and its representatives facilitated, stimulated, preserved, and profited from slavery. For centuries, in the name of the Dutch State, human beings were made into commodities, exploited, and abused,” Rutte said. Dutch children are however taught little about the role Netherlands played in the the slave trade, Reuters added.

Source: Ethiopian News December 19, 2022 23:01 UTC