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# King of the Netherlands apologizes for country's role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition
- URL: https://werd.io/king-of-the-netherlands-apologizes-for-countrys-role-in-slavery/
- Published: 2023-07-01T22:07:50.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-01T22:07:50.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness during a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Dutch colonies.” Now do Zwarte Piet. [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

\[[Link](https://apnews.com/article/slavery-netherlands-abolition-anniversary-kings-speech-b5fc1d4a278041dcfa3a0e671303d621)\]