12/11/2022 In this article, Rianne Oosterom reconstructs how the Dutch slavery past moved from the letters page (with a letter from Volkskrant reader Roy Kaikusi Groenberg) to the front page of the public debate. Recently, the Dutch cabinet announced that it will offer formal apologies for the role of The Netherlands in the slavery past. Nicole Immler provided Oosterom with commentary on this decision.

Link to the article in Trouw: Hoe de discussie over het slavernijverleden van de brievenrubriek naar de voorpagina verschoof (trouw.nl)

Featured image by Roy Kaikusi Groenberg