Slavery: how much money did the Netherlands earn from slavery?
#slavery Opinions enough, clear answers hardly. Until Today. For the first time, historians have systematically analysed revenues, and as it turns out, in 1770, 5.2 percent of Dutch GDP was due to slavery.. And that, they say, is a conservative estimate.
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