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Netherlands

May 8, 2008

Netherlands rejects call for apology

“It would be more valuable for us to learn from the past and see that the abolition of slavery liberated both the Netherlands and Surinam”

The ruling political parties in the Netherlands rejected an opposition party call to issue an apology to Surinam for the country's involvement in slavery there. via Political Gateway

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