Netherlands
Continent: EuropeCapital: Amsterdam
Abolition Date:1814: Slave trading is banned by The Netherlands.
Start Date: 1619: Dutch traders start to convey slaves from Africa to America.
Currency: Euro
Languages Spoken: Dutch, Frisian (both official)
Population: As estimated in late 2006, is 16,296,000.
National Anthem: "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe" (William of Nassau)
Amsterdam, The Hague (Parliament)The Dutch, who had entered the slave trade in 1621 with the formation of the Dutch West Indies Co
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