PHILIPSBURG:--- The One St. Martin association (aka One SXM) has taken note of the recent statement attributed to the Netherlands Minister Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection portfolio) that “the cabinet” is planning to issue an apology for the “Netherlands’ history of Slavery.”
According to the NL Times of November 4, 2022, Weerwind remarked that the Dutch government was planning to issue an official apology, likely in connection to the approaching 160th anniversary of the July 1, 1863 abolition of Slavery by the Dutch.
One St. Martin sees such an official apology as a form of accountability on the part of ...
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