Dutch king apologises for slavery, asks for forgiveness

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The apologies come amid a wider reconsideration of the country's colonial past, including efforts to return looted art, and its current struggles with racism.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historical involvement in slavery and the effects it still has today, describing it as the “most painful, most degrading and most inhuman” way of robbing a person of their freedom...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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