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'Wholehearted, without any real reservations': Dutch study says the House of Orange kept the slave trade alive
A three-year study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander concludes that the House of Orange-Nassau was 'wholeheartedly' involved in colonial exploitation and shares responsibility for the survival of the Dutch slave trade over centuries — a finding that could reignite the reparations debate in the Netherlands.
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