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The Flanders in Belgium(which back then was known as the Southern Netherlands area) were engaged in the same odious trade that other European countries have practised for so long without conscience.' Today, it is all but forgotten, but the participation of the “Belgian” traders in the slave trade during the early 1780s was by no means a secret to James Shaw, an English tourist of the period.
What??? Honestly I'm really shocked, coz Belgium is mostly known for its Congolese and Rwandan colonies and its atrocities practised "inside" these two former colonies. Belgium is NOT known for its involvement in the Atlantic Slave trade.
Anyway, in his recent book De Zwarte Handel (The Black Trade, 2021), Herman Portocarero rightly reemphasizes this piece of history about Belgium. But many questions remain.
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