FIND & POST LOCAL JOBS FOR FREE AT CARIBBEANLIFE.COM/JOBS BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME EDITORIAL ON PAGE 3 Vol. 40, Issue 16 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN April 18-24, 2024 DUTCH APOLOGY NEEDED Indentureship descendants say they still suffer from legacy By...
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FIND & POST LOCAL JOBS FOR FREE AT CARIBBEANLIFE.COM/JOBS BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME EDITORIAL ON PAGE 3 Vol. 40, Issue 16 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN April 18-24, 2024 DUTCH APOLOGY NEEDED Indentureship descendants say they still suffer from legacy By Bert Wilkinson of your ancestors to countless indi- In early June, Suriname would viduals and generations. This dark be observing the 151st anniversary passage from Dutch history can no of the arrival of Indians to replace longer be ignored. African slave labor in the Caribbean They argue that once the African Community nation and a plethora of trans Atlantic slave trade had been local Hindustani groups now want aborted, The Dutch turned to India The Dutch to apologize for inden- for labor, under a system they had tureship in much the same way they referred to as indentureship linked New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Photo courtesy Office of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams did for slavery in late 2022 and mid to contract wo
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