About
What to expect
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery the worst crime against humanity.
- UN resolution calls slavery worst crime against humanity
- Talk with Hugo Esseboom and Frank Dragtenstein
- Discussion on slavery's legacy today
- Hugo Esseboom is an econometrician
- He advised the Landelijk Platform Slavernijverleden
- He worked on the Nationaal Slavernijmonument and NiNsee
- Frank Dragtenstein is a historian and Surinamist
- He studies African diaspora and Surinamese slavery
- He wrote Kaasi, de rebellenleider
- Stuart Kensenhuis is a freelance journalist and moderator
- He presented a podcast on Radio Stanvaste
- He co-wrote a book about Gouda
- He presented De Balie programmes on immigration and slavery
Questions
When does How has trans-Atlantic slavery shaped Suriname and the Netherlands? start and end?
How has trans-Atlantic slavery shaped Suriname and the Netherlands? runs Friday, 27 November 2026, 20:00.
Where is How has trans-Atlantic slavery shaped Suriname and the Netherlands??
How has trans-Atlantic slavery shaped Suriname and the Netherlands? takes place at De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam.
How do I book?
Use the ticket link on the De Balie programme page: debalie.nl
What is the conversation about?
The conversation looks at the UN resolution on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery, and how this history shaped Suriname and the Netherlands and continues today.
Amsterdam
Getting there
De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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