The problem is that, in our view, the system (Slavery) is so reprehensible that you really shouldn't talk about it. I think you should.

Slavery historian: new Slavery Museum Amsterdam is missed opportunity. Emmer wants to make it clear that they became slaves against their will. But they ended up in an economy in North America, for example, where there was terrible earning potential, and that also reflected on the slaves. They had a material advantage and that also contributed, according to Emmer, to the fact that slavery was able to last for so many centuries.