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The Netherlands Has Apologized For Its Role In The Slave Trade. When Will The UK and The USA Follow Suit?
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The world has been caught up in Messi mania since Sunday night.
The diminutive Argentinian was intent on bending the world to his will on that fateful night and the stars were heavily aligned in his favour, as he led his nation into its third world cup win.
But something quite seismic took place over the last few days that very few people noticed.
The apology of the Dutch Prime Minister — Mark Rutte — on behalf of the Dutch state for its crimes against humanity.
As you may have read elsewhere, the Dutch were truculent and prolific slave traders alongside the British and the French.
The Dutch were all too happy to go to war with the Portuguese in West Africa over the mineral resources buried under the earth and much more importantly — its people. Elmina Castle, which stands till this very day, in modern day Ghana was at the heart of the war between the Dutch and the…