Esther Captain – författare

Den Haag is de Indische hoofdstad van Nederland. Dat was al zo tijdens de koloniale periode. Verlofgangers uit Indie streken neer in de buurt rond de departementen en zorgden voor een Indische sfeer. Gebouwen, monumenten, straatnamen, buurten en kunstcollecties herinneren aan deze periode. Na de Indonesische onafhankelijkheid, toen veel Indische Nederlanders zich in de residentie vestigden, bleef Den Haag de Indische hoofdstad. De Indische cultuur wordt hier levend gehouden door de jaarlijkse Pasar Malam Besar, Stichting Het Indisch Huis, tal van Indische verenigingen en in literatuur, muziek en beeldende kunst van Indische Hagenaars. Allemaal getuigen van een bloeiende Indische cultuur en nieuwe generaties met Indische creativiteit. In deze bundel wordt in twaalf bijdragen gereflecteerd op het Indische erfgoed en de Indische cultuur in Den Haag. Aan de orde komen De Gebouwde Omgeving, De Indische Muze en De Indische Mens. Elke bijdrage geeft een fascinerend beeld van de enorm gevarieerde wisselwerking tussen het Indische en Den Haag. Dit boek maakt duidelijk hoezeer het artistieke en creatieve Indische zich ook buiten de grenzen van Den Haag heeft doen gelden. Deze bundel is uitgebracht ter gelegenheid van de manifestatie De Indische Zomer die in 2005 in Den Haag plaatsvond.

It is the paradox at the heart of the Dutch Republic: how could a state emerge from resistance to political slavery and subjugation by a foreign power, only to become a colonial empire that promoted slavery all over the world? Slavery and the Dutch State shows how the modern Dutch state and its predecessors were complicit in colonial slavery. It describes the roles of various actors, such as enslaved people, administrators and merchants in the Netherlands and the colonized societies. More than thirty authors discuss the afterlives of slavery, the systematic nature of slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the worldwide scope of slavery, and the various individuals, groups and organizations that had interests in slavery and colonialism starting in the sixteenth century. With chapters covering topics such as the Dutch Reformed Church's role in slavery, how the history of slavery is taught in schools, and the involvement of the Dutch parliament and royal family in colonial slavery, Slavery and the Dutch State is one of the main publications to appear between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, the year when the Netherlands collectively commemorated the legacy of slavery.

It is the paradox at the heart of the Dutch Republic: how could a state emerge from resistance to political slavery and subjugation by a foreign power, only to become a colonial empire that promoted slavery all over the world? Slavery and the Dutch State shows how the modern Dutch state and its predecessors were complicit in colonial slavery. It describes the roles of various actors, such as enslaved people, administrators and merchants in the Netherlands and the colonized societies. More than thirty authors discuss the afterlives of slavery, the systematic nature of slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the worldwide scope of slavery, and the various individuals, groups and organizations that had interests in slavery and colonialism starting in the sixteenth century. With chapters covering topics such as the Dutch Reformed Church's role in slavery, how the history of slavery is taught in schools, and the involvement of the Dutch parliament and royal family in colonial slavery, Slavery and the Dutch State is one of the main publications to appear between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, the year when the Netherlands collectively commemorated the legacy of slavery.