{"id":119099,"date":"2020-10-29T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?post_type=dossier&p=119099"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:12","slug":"how-rotterdam-too-was-involved-in-the-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"em_special","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/specials\/how-rotterdam-too-was-involved-in-the-slave-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"How Rotterdam, too, was involved in the slave trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nooit Bewust Opgeslagen: A Podcast on Rotterdam\u2019s Slavery Past<\/em><\/a> is a podcast on the slavery history of Rotterdam. It is only available in Dutch.With these stories about the podcast we also want to inform non-Dutch speakers about Rotterdam\u2019s slavery past.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany, many Rotterdammers were active in the slave trade, as part of the production of sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa and tobacco. Rotterdam was very heavily involved in that\u201d, Professor\u00a0 of Caribbean History Alex van Stipriaan says in the first episode of\u00a0Nooit Bewust Opgeslagen<\/em>, a podcast on Rotterdam\u2019s slavery past.<\/p>\n\n\t

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