The Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery was established in 2007 with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 62/122. The Programme raises awareness of the history ...
More than 100 paintings, prints, maps, and decorative objects created by Dutch artists during the 17th and early 18th century ...
In his new exhibition Suspended States at London's Serpentine Gallery, artist Yinka Shonibare looks at the impact of imperial ...
While Dutch museums have made reference to slavery in their collections, the exhibition organized in 2021 by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam set the tone for those that followed. The perception has ...
As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ ...
The Dutch colonised Suriname in the 17th century, establishing a plantation economy driven by African slave labour and producing sugar Credit: Getty Images/Marica van der Meer Anti-racism group ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for slavery reparations over the transatlantic slave trade, which deprived enslaved people of “education, healthcare, opportunity ...
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday ... forcibly transported by European ships and merchants and sold into slavery. Those who survived the brutal voyage ended up toiling on ...