Statia man featured in exhibition of Africans in 18th century Netherlands
Cocquamar Crenequie who was christened Willem Frederik Phillippe is painted with the mother of his master count Bertrand Philip Sigismund Albrecht van Gronsveld. By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM– Weesp, a town in North Holland is currently paying homage to a peculiar part of its history, through an
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Statia man featured in exhibition of Africans in 18th century Netherlands
By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM — The tiny North Holland town of Weesp is currently paying homage to a peculiar part of its history, through an exhibition that narrates the stories of Africans who worked for the town’s dignitaries in the 18th century. Among these remarkable men
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