“Of all the ways you can take away a person’s freedom, slavery is the most painful and the most humiliating,” the monarch said during a speech to thunderous applause at the National Day of Remembrance of Slavery held in Amsterdam. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte previously apologized for slavery’s past in several languages ​​on December 19, 2022. ”“So today I, as a part of the government, appear before you all as your king to personally apologize,” said the emperor, who expressed his regret that this crime was never punished. Nor were its victims compensated. “We haven’t done anything about it,” he adds, before recalling the ongoing historical investigation the Royal House itself is conducting to discover the role its ancestors played in the slave era.

Source: Ethiopian News July 02, 2023 14:22 UTC