Dutch royal house was ‘wholeheartedly’ involved in colonial exploitation, study shows
Researchers said the House of Orange-Nassau was deeply involved in colonial exploitation and helped sustain slavery, after a three-year study of royal archives.
- On Friday, an in-depth historical study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander revealed the House of Orange was "wholehearted" in colonial exploitation, sharing responsibility for sustaining slavery over centuries.
- Researchers concluded after a three-year study involving 60 historians that the royal house supported slavery without reservations from 1600 to the present, with most rulers showing no objections.
- The family earned an estimated 576 million from slavery, mostly in the former Dutch East Indies, though research showed they earned "almost nothing" directly from the slave trade itself.
- King Willem-Alexander described the findings as "heartbreaking and confronting" during a speech at the Academy Building in Leiden on Friday, pledging to contribute positively to the future.
- The National Institute for the Dutch Slavery Past and Heritage praised the king's transparency but urged the findings lead to "awareness, dialogue, corrections and additions" in national history and reparatory justice.
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An investigation commissioned by King William of Holland reveals the “active and unscrupulous” role of the House of Orange in promoting a system based on “the supposed superiority of whites”
Study Finds Dutch Royal House Deeply Involved in Colonial Exploitation and Sustaining Slave Trade
The Dutch royal house benefited from the Netherlands' colonial policies in past centuries and helped the Dutch slave trade to survive, an in-depth historical study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander showed on Friday.
Dutch royal house was 'wholeheartedly' involved in colonial exploitation, study shows
The Dutch royal house benefited from the Netherlands' colonial policies in past centuries and helped the Dutch slave trade to survive, an in-depth historical study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander showed on Friday.
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The Dutch king commissioned a study on the history of his family in colonialism and slavery. The results are clear and "shaking."
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