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Waldo Heilbron

Born and raised in Suriname, Waldo Heilbron (1936-2009) was a sociologist at the University of Amsterdam and an active member of the Our Suriname Society. He helped establish NiNsee (the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and Its Legacy) and the national slavery monument. His personal library is a foundational part of The Black Archives collection, a unique historical archive of Black emancipation movements and underexposed perspectives in the Netherlands.

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The Future of The Past — Reflections on the Netherlands’ History and Heritage of Slavery

Waldo Heilbron was one of the most important proponents for the decolonisation of the Netherlands’ history of slavery. His pioneering final book remains an essential intervention in the national thinking about colonialism’s ongoing legacy. And while much has changed in the conversation about slavery in the Netherlands and beyond, there remains much work to be done.

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