The governor of the Dutch central bank asks for forgiveness from the families of all those who were once enslaved by the Netherlands. The bank provides 15 million euros for the victims.
The Dutch central bank has apologized for its role in slavery in the past. At the national commemoration in Amsterdam for the abolition of slavery, bank president Klaas Knot asked for forgiveness from the families of all those who were once enslaved by the Netherlands. “On behalf of the Netherlands Bank, I recognize that many of my predecessors saw commodities where people were concerned.” Many had long defended slavery, and the bank itself traded in capital from the slave trade.
The bank also announced that it intends to allocate a total of 15 million euros to alleviate the consequences of slavery. It’s about projects in the Netherlands and former colonies of Suriname and the Caribbean islands.
In February, the bank published a study on its own role in slavery. From this it became clear that the bank and its management were personally and economically closely linked to human trafficking. The Netherlands celebrates the abolition of slavery in 1863 on July 1st.
Source: Stern
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