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  2. Hannie Schaft - Wikipedia

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    Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" (Dutch: het meisje met het rode haar, German: das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar). Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".

  3. Great Depression in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Great Depression led to political instability and riots, and can be linked to the rise of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands. The depression in the Netherlands lessened at the end of 1936, but real economic stability did not return until after World War II.

  4. History of slavery in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Coymans asiento became an important factor in the Dutch slave trade. Balthasar Coymans (1652–1686) led a branch of the Dutch trade house Coymans in Cádiz. He started a smear campaign against Venetian Nicolas Porcio who was at the time owner of the asiento. Coymans smear campaign was successful, and in 1685, he obtained the monopoly to ...

  5. List of women who led a revolt or rebellion - Wikipedia

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    She aligned with the Dutch Republic, forming the first African-European alliance against another European aggressor. [20] In 1716, Maria leads a slave rebellion on Dutch Curaçao. In 1720–1739, Granny Nanny, a spiritual leader of the Maroons of Jamaica, leads them to victory in the First Maroon War. [21] In 1748, Marretje Arents leads the ...

  6. Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on ...

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    The Dutch colonized the southwestern part of South Africa in 1652 through the Dutch East India trading company. They controlled the Dutch Cape Colony for more than 150 years before British occupation.

  7. Riet van Grunsven - Wikipedia

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    Maria Catharina (“Riet”) van Grunsven and her father both joined the Dutch Resistance when World War II broke out in Europe.Immediately becoming an armed freedom fighter, she initially operated in the Netherlands province of North Brabant, gathering intelligence, delivering medication to Allied and Resistance troops in the north and performing courier duties for her resistance cell while ...

  8. Abolishing child labor took the specter of 'white slavery ...

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    Today, U.S. laws and regulations bar kids under the age of 14 from working in most industries. Children under 17 may not work more than three hours on school days, for example.Ever wonder where ...

  9. Dutch reportedly plan apology for slavery, launch of a legacy ...

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    The Dutch government reportedly will apologize for the Netherlands’ role in the slave trade but apparently not right away, planning The post Dutch reportedly plan apology for slavery, launch of ...