National archive puts 1.9 million items linked to slave trade online
The D’Elmina castle in the 17th century. Illustration: National Archive 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. The documents were part of the Prize Papers,...
Source: dutchnews.nl