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The Obscured Story of Aspasia and Other Enslaved People in Dutch Archives
24 August 2022
For a long time, the study of the history of Dutch slavery has been dominated by the perspective of the coloniser. Slave traders and plantation owners compiled the sources that are presently available, while the experiences of enslaved people themselves have rarely been preserved. But more and more
Approved by the Bible. The Slave Trade of the Dutch West India Company
24 August 2021
Founded four hundred years ago, the Dutch West India Company (WIC) waged war at sea, and colonized territories in West Africa and the Caribbean until its dissolution in 1791. The WIC not only traded in goods, but also in people. Why did the Company become involved in the transatlantic slave trade? A
Young Taiwanese Had to Learn Dutch at School in the Seventeenth Century
17 June 2020
The official language of Taiwan may be Mandarin Chinese, but you shouldn't be surprised if you still hear islanders say a few words that sound rather Dutch. In the seventeenth century parts of Formosa (present-day Taiwan) were occupied by the Dutch for decades, or more precisely, by the Dutch East I