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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A three-year study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander revealed that the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau wholeheartedly supported colonial policies and shares responsibility for sustaining the slave trade. While the royal family earned hundreds of millions from colonial exploitation in the East Indies, the findings are reigniting calls for reparations in the Netherlands. 🌎 Dutch Royal House Benefited From Colonial Exploitation and Sustained Slav…
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Insider PaperDutch study says royal family made huge profits from colonialism
A study from Leiden University, commissioned by King Willem-Alexander, revealed that the Dutch royal family profited significantly from colonialism and slavery over several centuries.
The Dutch Royal Family supported colonialism for centuries and made a great deal of money from it. At the same time, it had relatively little say in colonial policy. This is revealed by research into the role of the House of Orange in that colonial policy. King Willem-Alexander says he is deeply moved by the report: "I cannot change the past, but I can contribute to the future."
The monarch of the Netherlands has received the results of an independent investigation into the role of the House of Orange in colonial history
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”
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