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Full English text of King Willem-Alexander's speech apologizing for history of slavery (nltimes.nl)
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Ladies and gentlemen, here in the Oosterpark, on the Museumplein, in Suriname, in the Caribbean part of our Kingdom, or wherever in the world you are tuning in, "Within the city of Amsterdam and its jurisdiction, all men are free, and none are slaves." These are the words of a Dutch legal provision from 1644.

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