{"id":431508,"date":"2022-04-13T19:53:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/abn-amro-apologizes-for-dutch-banks-role-in-slavery\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T19:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:53:36","slug":"abn-amro-apologizes-for-dutch-banks-role-in-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/abn-amro-apologizes-for-dutch-banks-role-in-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"#ABN Amro apologizes for Dutch bank&#8217;s role in slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a20b4eb74d86\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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financial elite had direct ties with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware that, even though slavery has been abolished, the past injustices have persisted,\u201d ABN Amro\u2019s Chief Executive Robert Swaak said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch bank had asked independent researchers in 2020 to investigate connections its predecessors had to slavery as part of a wider global reassessment of history and racism triggered by the death of George Floyd in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance market Lloyd\u2019s of London and the Bank of England each hired a historian to delve into their roles in the slave trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cABN Amro apologizes for the past actions and activities of these predecessors and for the pain and suffering that they caused,\u201d Swaak added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CEO Robert Swaak\" class=\"wp-image-21887060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The bank said it has been talking with representatives of descendants of enslaved persons and look for ways \u201cto help improve the structural <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> disadvantages\u201d facing them.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bank said it has been talking with representatives of descendants of enslaved persons to discuss the research findings, and said it would look for ways \u201cto help improve the structural social disadvantages\u201d facing them.<\/p>\n<p>The apology from ABN Amro follows \u201cdeep regrets\u201d expressed by the Dutch central bank over the role many of its early directors played in the 19th century slave trade.<\/p>\n<p>ABN Amro said research it had commissioned had found that its predecessor Hope &amp; Co. was \u201cpivotal\u201d in the international slave trade of the 18th century, as it played an active role in the day-to-day business of plantations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"ABN Amro bank\" class=\"wp-image-21887075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/abn-armo-apologize-for-roll-in-slave-trade-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The apology from ABN Amro follows \u201cdeep regrets\u201d expressed by the Dutch central bank over the role many of its early directors played in the 19th century slave trade.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The research also showed that Mees en Zoonen, another of ABN Amro\u2019s predecessors, brokered insurance for slave ships and shipments of goods harvested by enslaved persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope &amp; Co. was the largest financial and commercial company in the Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, and slavery-related operations formed a core part of its business,\u201d senior researcher Pepijn Brandon said.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch West India Company operated ships estimated to have traded some 600,000 slaves, Dutch state data shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecisions made in offices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam directly impacted the lives of thousands of enslaved persons,\u201d Brandon said in the statement containing ABN Amro\u2019s apology.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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