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2021 - Trouw: Search for the slave ship that became a mass grave
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The shipwreck of the WIC ship Leusden is often described as 'the largest shipping disaster in Dutch slavery history'. But it would be better to speak of the 'greatest massacre in the history of the transatlantic slave trade', says historian Leo Balai. He was the first to discover this case in the archives, and was awarded his doctorate for it in 2011.
Read the entire article from the Trouw about the search for the Leusden below.
Source: Brassem, E. 2021. Zoeken naar het slavenschip dat massagraf werd. Trouw.
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