Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery: Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its ...
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Quick Glance: Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for Slavery for Centuries
- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a formal apology on behalf of the Dutch government on Monday for more than two centuries of Dutch slavery, only months before the 160th anniversary of its abolition.
- Dutch slave smugglers had carried about 600,000 enslaved Africans to the Americas by 1814, largely to Suriname on South America's northern coast, according to Rutte.
- Slavery was supported, encouraged, preserved, and benefited from by the Dutch State and its representatives for centuries.
- Slavery, according to Rutte, must be condemned "as a crime against humanity — as a criminal system which caused untold numbers of people untold suffering."
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