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AHMAD GHARABLI/ Getty Images By Melissa Noel· Updated December 20, 2022
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte formally apologized Monday for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the negative impact it continues to have to the present day.
“Today, I apologize,” Rutte said during a speech at the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.
“For centuries, the Dutch state and its representatives facilitated, stimulated, preserved, and profited from slavery. For centuries,
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