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Remains of Enslaved People Found at Site of 18th-Century Caribbean Plantation

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Nora McGreevy (Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021) writes that archaeologists conducting excavations on the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius have discovered 48 skeletons to date. By some estimates, European merchants transported more than four million enslaved Africans to the Caribbean islands between the 16th and…
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The confirmed amber list countries and what it means for your holiday

The confirmed amber list countries and what it means for your holiday Portugal will be added to the amber list on June 8, while seven countries will move from amber to red 3 June 2021 • 6:17pm Greece and its islands are on the amber list, meaning Britons who travel there have to self-isolate on their return home Credit: Getty Portugal is to lose its spot on the green list, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary confirmed on Thursday.  Ministers decided to add Portugal to the amber list from ...
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Slavery, Rijksmuseum, review: a brave reckoning with history – if far behind Britain

An anonymous painters Enslaved Men Digging Trenches (c1850), part of Slavery at the Rijksmuseum Credit: Rijksmuseum Hanging from the ceiling at the Rijksmuseum, like a beautiful chandelier, are hundreds of sparkling blue glass beads. They’re thought to have been used as currency by people enslaved by the Dutch on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. Local legend has it that the beads were thrown into the sea when, after a series of mass escapes, the slaves won their freedom. Today, when th...
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