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Princess Wilhelmina on 4 May 1955, at the monument for Kuipers-Rietberg in Winterswijk. Statue by Gerrit Bolhuis.. Helena Theodora Kuipers-Rietberg (26 May 1893 – 27 December 1944) was a Dutch resistance member who played an important role during World War II, when she was one of the driving forces of a national underground organization that supported those who were hiding from the German ...
Jannetje Johanna Schaft was born in Haarlem, the capital of the province of North Holland. [1] Her mother, Aafje Talea Schaft (born Vrijer) was a Mennonite and her father, Pieter Schaft, a teacher, was attached to the Social Democratic Workers' Party; the two were very protective of Schaft because of the death due to diphtheria of her older sister Anna in 1927.
She resettled former slaves on new land and allowed women in her war camp to bear children, which had been banned under the wartime Imbangala customs. [1] She also reformed the legal code of her kingdom and established contact with Christian rulers in Europe, hoping to certify Matamba's status as an internationally recognized Christian kingdom ...
Celebration of the emancipation day in Paramaribo, to celebrate 100 years since the abolishment of slavery (English subtitles available). Slave houses on Bonaire. The history of slavery in the Netherlands dates back to the period of classical antiquity. During the early modern period, Dutch slave traders bought and sold over 1.6 million ...
In 1984 married women also obtained full legal equality in family law - prior to 1984 the law stipulated that the husband's opinion prevailed over the wife's regarding issues such as decisions on children's education and the domicile of the family. [27] [28] In 1985, Dutch women obtained the right to pass their nationality to their children. [29]
(Reuters) -As the Netherlands on Monday marked 161 years since the abolition of slavery with annual Ketikoti celebrations, activists have questioned the sincerity of apologies by Dutch authorities ...
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.
Susanna du Plessis (1739–1795) was a plantation owner in Dutch Surinam. She is a legendary figure in the history of Surinam, where she probably unjustly [citation needed] has become a metaphor of a cruel and sadistic slave owner. She is the subject of songs, plays, fairy tales and legends as well as books.