The Dutch involvement in the slave trade and colonialism is a complex and disturbing part of history. Some key points include:
Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Dutch were active participants in the transatlantic slave trade, transporting enslaved Africans to various colonies in the Americas, including Suriname, the Caribbean islands, and parts of North America.
Colonial Exploitation: Dutch colonialism involved the exploitation of lands and resources in various regions, including Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies), Suriname, and parts of Africa. This exploitation led to economic gain for the Netherlands but resulted in immense suffering for indigenous populations through forced labor, violence, and cultural oppression.
Impact on Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous communities in these colonies suffered greatly under Dutch rule. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the West India Company (WIC) were instrumental in establishing economic control, often through brutal means, impacting local cultures, traditions, and social structures.
Abolition Movements: The Netherlands eventually abolished slavery in its colonies in the 19th century, but the repercussions of this history continue to affect societies today. There are ongoing discussions and efforts to address the legacy of slavery, colonialism, and their lasting impacts on affected communities.
Historical Reckoning: There’s a growing acknowledgment within Dutch society about the need to confront this dark history. Efforts are being made to educate people about the country’s involvement in the slave trade and colonialism and to address the systemic racism and inequalities stemming from this past.
Understanding the Dutch involvement in the slave trade and colonialism requires an examination of its historical, social, and economic implications, as well as its enduring impact on affected regions and communities.
1 The SHOCKING Truth About Black People That Netherlands Tried To Hide
27 aug 2023
The SHOCKING Truth About Black People That Netherlands Tried To Hide
History shows humanity’s highs and lows. But you won’t belive how The Netherlands tried hiding their deep involvement in the African slave trade—a violent exploitation. Recent revelations expose this dark past.
2 The Shocking Truth The Netherlands Tried To Hide | Black Culture
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24 okt 2023
Exposed: Netherlands’ Hidden Secrets – Uncovering a Brutal Truth
Historians often romanticize the 17th century in the Netherlands as the “Dutch Golden Age,” a time of unparalleled prosperity in the Dutch Republic. During this period, renowned artists like Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer created masterpieces, while intellectual life thrived in cities such as Amsterdam and Delft.
However, beneath the lustrous surface of this era lies a grim reality: Many of the wealthiest individuals in the Dutch Republic amassed their fortunes through the enslavement, sale, and exploitation of African people. Unlike well-documented participation in the transatlantic slave trade by nations like Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, and the USA, the Dutch have often sought to conceal their own involvement, hoping the world would forget their complicity, much like Argentina’s attempt to erase its black population and historical records.
In fact, Dutch apologists have gone so far as to shift blame onto the victims of slavery, suggesting that African leaders willingly sold their own people to supposedly virtuous European traders, as if slavery were a mutually beneficial transaction. Despite the Netherlands’ concerted efforts to bury its dark history, this video aims to unveil the hidden truths and the brutality of Dutch slavery, which decimated African civilizations, tore families asunder, and treated human lives as mere commodities for purchase and sale. We will also explore the steps the Dutch have taken, or failed to take, in addressing their dark past and making amends.
3 Netherlands Tried to Cover Up This Brutal Truth | Black Culture
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Historians studying the Netherlands’ history sometimes refer to the 17th century as the “Dutch Golden Age.” The term refers to an era of unprecedented wealth in the Dutch Republic, when artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer painted masterpieces and intellectual life flourished in cities like Amsterdam and Delft.
But this glittery phrase obscures a dark truth: Many of the republic’s wealthiest residents made their fortunes through the enslavement, sale, and exploitation of African people.
However, unlike the Portuguese, the Spanish, Britain, the French, and the USA whose involvement in the barbaric act of the slave trade is well-known, the Dutch hope to bury this truth and continue to deny. Just like the Argentines wiping out their black population and keeping the records off history, the Dutch want the world to forget they ever played a part.
Infact, Dutch hagiographers busy themselves by blaming the victims of slavery, claiming that African chiefs sold their people to God-fearing traders from Europe, in a bid to make slavery seem like a fair deal.
While the small country has done a great deal of hiding its dark past, this video is going to reveal all the dirty secrets, and brutality of Dutch slavery that once wiped out African civilizations, tore families apart, and treated human life like cargo to be bought and sold. We are going to reveal the steps Dutch has taken to make restitutions for its dark past.
4 Why Did the Dutch Abolish Slavery So Late?
5 The Netherlands Tried To Cover Up This Horrible Truth
18 aug 2023
The Netherlands Tried To Cover Up This Horrible Truth.
Step into the 17th-century “Dutch Golden Age,” a time of cultural brilliance in Amsterdam and Delft, celebrated for artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer. However, beneath this splendor lies a grim truth: the wealthy thrived through the enslavement and exploitation of Africans, a reality often concealed. This video exposes “The Horrible Truth the Netherlands Tried to Cover-up,” revealing the brutality of Dutch slavery and the nation’s efforts to bury it. Join us to confront history’s darkness, acknowledge the past’s impact, and embrace a journey of understanding and reconciliation.
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6 The Brutal Secrets Of DUTCH Slavery | Netherlands Tried to Cover Up This…
1 sep 2023
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch were one of the most powerful and affluent nations in the world. Their economy was based on slave-driven plantations, and they were one of the world’s leading slave-owners.
But what was the Dutch government really like during this time? Were they really trying to cover up the horrors of slavery? In this video, we’ll explore the Brutal Secrets of Dutch Slavery, and see if the Netherlands ever actually tried to cover up what was going on.
Going Dutch – The Netherlands’ slave trade
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7 Should the Netherlands Apologize for its History of Slavery?
The history of the Netherlands has some very dark sides and one of these was the Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade. Via the Triangular trade the Dutch shipped over half a million enslaved Africans to their colonies in the Americas. This was done by the Dutch West India Company (WIC). These slaves were put to work on plantations in Suriname and Curaçao (Dutch Antilles). In recent years the dark sides of the Dutch Golden Age are more elaborated on. History Hustle presents: Should the Netherlands Apologize for its History of Slavery?
8 The Dark History of the Netherlands: What Dutch Pupils Learn About the Slave Trade | Part 2
9 The Dark History of the Netherlands: What Our Pupils Learn About the Slave Trade
10 The Dark History of the Netherlands: What Our Pupils Learn About the War in Indonesia (1945 – 1949)
11 The Defense Plans for the Dutch East Indies during World War II
1 jul 2023 History of Indonesia
Early 1942 the Dutch East Indies Campaign started. In a few month the Japanese conquered the Dutch East Indies. The KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) was not able to stop the Japanese onslaught. Did you know the KNIL was the so-called ‘third line of defense’. The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL) was the first and the second was the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine). The KNIL was led by Hein ter Poorten. In 1927 plans were established for a proper defense against a foreign invader.
History Hustle presents: the Defense Plans for the Dutch East Indies during World War II.
12 The Dutch Golden Age 12-13 (eng.translation) upscaled 1080p
13 Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
10 jul 2018 History of… Race & Ethnicity
Why were most slaves in America from West Africa? Slavery has existed throughout history in various forms across the globe, but who became enslaved was almost always based on military conquest. So why did Europeans travel thousands of miles to enslave people from a particular geographic region? Watch the episode to find out.
14 Never be indifferent: 400 years of Dutch Colonialism | Gloria Wekker | TEDxAmsterdamWomen
15 nov 2016
Professor Wekker is convinced we can overcome inequality in our society by making people aware of their privilege and the white innocence way of thinking. According to her we need to think of a bigger way to build an inclusive society that is not entirely based on race, gender and ethnicity. People need to speak out and speak up, this will sometimes be met with anger, hostility and incomprehension, but it is the only way to move forward as a society.
Gloria Wekker is a cultural anthropologist and emeritus professor of Gender Studies (Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University). She was also the director of the expertise center GEM – Gender, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in higher education – at the same faculty. In April 2016 her book: White Innocence; Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race, came out at Duke University Press and has, since then, sparked renewed discussions on gender, race and colonialism in Dutch media and beyond.
15 Netherlands apologizes for role in historic slave trade | DW News
19 dec 2022
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte delivered a speech formally apologizing for his country’s historical role in slavery and its consequences into the present day.
“Today on behalf of the Dutch government, I apologize for the past actions of the Dutch state,” Rutte said in a speech.
“For centuries the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it. It is true that nobody alive today bears any personal guilt for slavery … (however) the Dutch state bears responsibility for the immense suffering that has been done to those that were enslaved and their descendants,” he added.
He also said that slavery must be recognized in “the clearest terms” as “a crime against humanity.”
According to Rutte, the government will establish a fund for initiatives that will help tackle the legacy of slavery in the Netherlands and its former colonies.
16 Gloria Wekker blikt terug op vijf jaar ‘Witte onschuld’ | Kennis & Debat | TivoliVredenburg
Live gestreamd op 23 apr 2021
Hoe zie je de koloniale geschiedenis vandaag nog terug? Er zijn tastbare sporen, zoals grachtenpanden en buitenhuizen, maar ook onzichtbare sporen in de vorm van culturele erfenissen. Het ‘cultureel archief’ zit vol koloniale ideeën, mentaliteiten en wereldbeelden. Wat valt er te ontdekken in dat archief? En is er eigenlijk wel een plek waar geen koloniale sporen te vinden zijn?
In dit programma zal emeritus hoogleraar Gloria Wekker, vijf jaar na het verschijnen van de eerste druk van haar invloedrijke boek Witte Onschuld, reflecteren op de stand van zaken in het Nederlandse raciale discours. Ze gaat daarna in gesprek met hoogleraar politieke geschiedenis van Gender in Nederland Geertje Mak en met Esther Captain, die bij het KITLV postkoloniaal Nederland onderzoekt.
Programma:
00:00 Opening door Marischka Verbeek
02:04 Spoken Word door Smita James
06:16 Lezing van Gloria Wekker
39:20 Panelgesprek met Gloria Wekker, Esther Captain & Geertje Mak
1:09:42 Vragen uit het publiek
17 Multatuli – Max Havelaar en de uitbuiting van de Indonesische bevolking
18 Activisme en geschiedvervalsing versus de Bersiap in Ned. Indië
24 nov 2023
Correctie: de Politionele Acties vonden plaats in 1947 en 1948 (ná de Bersiap van 1945-1947).
Dit is een fragment uit de Bersiap documentaire aflevering 4,
Podcast BERSIAP, aflevering 4 – Andere Geluiden. Een breder perspectief op de Bersiap, het bloedige begin van de Revolutie in Nederlands-Indië.
Uitgaand van onze persoonlijke familietragedie. Onze vader (gemengd bloed) heeft tijdens en vooral vlak ná de 2de wereldoorlog in Azië in 1945, de helft van zijn familie verloren.
Tijdlijn: (einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog (15 augustus 1945), — onafhankelijkheidsverklaring Soekarno (17 augustus 1945), — Bersiap massamoorden (september 1945 tot in 1947), — Politionele Acties (1947 en eind 1948), — Indonesië onafhankelijk (eind 1949).
No copyright infringement intended – we just want to tell the tragic story of our father’s murdered family members and other victims of the Bersiap purges in Indonesia.
19 Stealing Their Own Cars Prank
12 mrt 2013
When the victims come out of the corner store and put the key into their own car door, an alarm goes off! A woman accuses them of trying to steal her car. It even has her license plate on it, not theirs. Now that’s “scratch-your-head” worthy…