New Online: National Archives of the Netherlands Digitizes 1.9 Million Items Linked to Dutch Slave Trade
From DutchNews.nl:
The Dutch national archive has put almost two million documents and drawings online which relate to the Netherlands’ slavery past after an eight-year project to preserve and digitalise them.
The documents cover a variety of companies involved in the slave trade and include lost documents about Fort Elmina on the coast of what is now Ghana, which was a central point in the trade of enslaved peoples. Part of this archive resurfaced in London during the digitalization process.
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See Also: Official National Archives Announcement (in Dutch)
See Also: Official Announcement (Translated via Google Translate)
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Direct to Digitized Resources (Interface in Dutch)
Direct to Digitized Resources (Interface in English via Google Translate)
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