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Old 14-08-04, 05:56 PM   #14
JackSpratts
 
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Originally Posted by toy boy
LOL again nice try ... but we ( the dutch ) are responisble for only 6% of all the slave trading that went on in those days


But you are right Jack we behaved horrible in Indonesia
yep, but don’t be so modest about the rest. in the 17th & 18th centuries your ancestors were right smack in the middle of the slave trade. overall it’s estimated the wic (dutch West Indische Compagnie) was responsible for the buying, selling and trafficking of over half a million humans.

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