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Angie Mangino<p>Fascinating deep dive into New Amsterdam's 140-year history from City Beautiful Blog. Did you know the first Jewish settlers arrived in 1654 after being rescued from Spanish pirates? Or that Harlem was named after the Dutch city Haarlem?<br>From Verrazano's 1524 sighting through Peter Stuyvesant's stern rule to the peaceful 1664 English takeover, this timeline reveals the Dutch colonial foundations of modern NYC. <br><a href="https://me.dm/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/NewAmsterdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAmsterdam</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ColonialAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialAmerica</span></a><br><a href="https://citybeautifulblog.com/2025/05/16/nyc-history-timeline-new-amsterdam/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citybeautifulblog.com/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">16/nyc-history-timeline-new-amsterdam/</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>The folks at <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspapersDotCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewspapersDotCom</span></a> have sent out a not-so-subtle message on social media. </p><p>Dictators hate to be ignored-- especially on their special days.</p><p>Remember to avoid posting about his parade on social media. Try not to interact with people who post about it. Keep the focus (and the algorithm) on things that will take the air out of his balloon, like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NoKingsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKingsDay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> -- and pictures of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewspaperArchives</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dogstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dogstodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperClippings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewspaperClippings</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrumpParade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpParade</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protesting</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Madness, murder and rape on the Batavia: new theory on Australia’s most horrific shipwreck</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/06/batavia-shipwreck-new-theory-what-happened" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/may/06/batavia-shipwreck-new-theory-what-happened</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Nederland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nederland</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Batavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Batavia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archeology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/MaritimeArcheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaritimeArcheology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/AustralianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianHistory</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as &quot;the girl with the red hair&quot;, is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem. </p><p>She is later executed, allegedly saying &quot;I shoot better&quot; after the first attempt to shoot her missed.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 2 Feb 1953, Dr Anna de Waal becomes State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands. She is the first woman to hold a ministerial cabinet post in the country.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a></p>
Daniel Carkner🥀<p>my latest bio for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WikipediaAsianMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WikipediaAsianMonth</span></a> ; I was focusing on internees at the Dutch camp at Boven Digoel but I realized the guy who founded and built the camp did not have an article. Laurens Theodorus "Theo" Becking (1887–1945); he was quite a piece of work, a fascist leader in the NSB in the 1930s and interned by the Dutch in a camp in Surinam during WWII, where he died. <br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Becking" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Bec</span><span class="invisible">king</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Digul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digul</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a></p>
Michael<p>Unveiled in 1980 in the woods by The Hague , &#39;The Fall of Icarus&#39; by Titus Leeser, in memory of the British Agents and Dutch Resistance fighters executed in 1942-1944. Caught up in the &#39;Englandspiel&#39; , British intelligence&#39;s scheme to land agents in occupied Netherlands, which had unfortunately been infiltrated by the Germans, Photo in public domain, via Wikipedia Netherlands. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worldwar2monuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worldwar2monuments</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Occupiednetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Occupiednetherlands</span></a>,<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dutchsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dutchsculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dutchsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dutchsculpture</span></a>,<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dutchhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dutchhistory</span></a></p>
Discover My Europe<p>Step Back in Time: The Edam Museum's Historic Office</p><p>Nestled in the heart of Edam lies a portal to the past, the Edam Museum. This city museum, one of the oldest in North Holland, is a treasure trove of history, art, and architecture.</p><p>Read further here: <a href="https://now.karacs.com/step-back-in-time-the-edam-museums-historic-office/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">now.karacs.com/step-back-in-ti</span><span class="invisible">me-the-edam-museums-historic-office/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdamMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdamMuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MovingCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MovingCellar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MuseumDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumDesk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdamHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdamHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalPreservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricEdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricEdam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DutchTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchTradition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MuseumVisit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumVisit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryLovers</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun</p><p>How an English navigator became one of the shogun’s most trusted advisers.</p><p><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/william-adams-english-advisor-shogun" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historytoday.com/archive/histo</span><span class="invisible">ry-matters/william-adams-english-advisor-shogun</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japanesehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/englishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>englishhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dutchhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dutchhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shogun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shogun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sengokuperiod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sengokuperiod</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as &quot;the girl with the red hair&quot;, is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem. </p><p>She is later executed, allegedly saying &quot;I shoot better&quot; after the first attempt to shoot her missed.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>As I leafed through an exhibition catalogue today, I came across two pictures from this series. I had never seen them before. They are fascinating documents from the period when European ideas of "race" were beginning to take shape.</p><p>Albert Eckhout, Series of eight figures (article) | Khan Academy</p><p><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/new-spain/colonial-brazil/a/albert-eckhout-series-of-eight-figures" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">khanacademy.org/humanities/art</span><span class="invisible">-americas/new-spain/colonial-brazil/a/albert-eckhout-series-of-eight-figures</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlbertEckhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertEckhout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NationalMuseumOfDenmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMuseumOfDenmark</span></a></p>
Johan Diederik<p>Silent day after Sunday. Maassluis, the Netherlands<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silentsunday</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/dutchhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dutchhistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/maassluis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maassluis</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/thenetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thenetherlands</span></a></p>
clrthrn<p>One of the last country houses left in Amsterdam. Huize Frankendael <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dutchhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dutchhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/countryhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryhouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amsterdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amsterdam</span></a></p>
Daniel Carkner🦆<p>Similar to a Dutch internment camp in Surinam I wrote this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article for a couple years ago. Likewise there Germans were interned because of their citizenship (basically, those who happened to be nearby when the war broke out; sailors, missionaries, random people). It included some known Nazi sympathizers but also non-Nazis or anti-Nazis. I don't believe it had any German-Jewish internees in that case.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copieweg_internment_camp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copieweg</span><span class="invisible">_internment_camp</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Surinam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surinam</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WWIhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWIhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InternmentCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternmentCamps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 5 July 1922, women vote in a Dutch general election for the first time.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VotesForWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VotesForWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaybackWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaybackWednesday</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstanslavery, who do you think you are
Al Jazeera (unofficial)Dutch King Willem-Alexander has formally apologised for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.The king ...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x67UIiWmHzE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologises for colonial-era slavery</a>
Willem de Zwijger<p>10 mei 1932. Het Wilhelmus werd officieel het volkslied van Nederland. Meestal wordt alleen het 1e couplet gezongen, gevolgd door het 6e couplet. Het Wilhelmus is niet ons eerste officiële volkslied. Daarvoor had Nederland ‘Wien Neêrlands bloed’ als nationale hymne. <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/geschiedenis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geschiedenis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nederland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nederland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/volkslied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volkslied</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/wilhelmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilhelmus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dutchhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dutchhistory</span></a></p>
(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝑱𝑬𝑵𝑺<p>The “Morspoort” is a gate that played a significant role in the history of Leiden, particularly during “Leidens Ontzet” or Leiden's Relief. On October 3rd, 1574, during the 80 Years War, Dutch rebels led by William of Orange liberated Leiden from the Spanish siege. Every year, the Morspoort serves as one of the starting points of the traditional 3 Oktober festival.</p><p><a href="https://krc.lol/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/AYearForArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AYearForArt</span></a><br><a href="https://krc.lol/tags/Morspoort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morspoort</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/Leiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leiden</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/gate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gate</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/LeidensOntzet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeidensOntzet</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/80YearsWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80YearsWar</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/Tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tradition</span></a> <a href="https://krc.lol/tags/3Oktober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Oktober</span></a></p>
Rebecca Olds<p>Historian Mark Ponte is sharing a lot of his research over on LinkedIn. I wish he was here on Mastodon - I'd be boosting EVERY SINGLE POST!</p><p>Here is this morning's story of Francisca, a free black woman in Amsterdam in 1632. </p><p>Worth your time to click through and read, I promise. </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-ponte-69bab69_rembrandt-jodenbreestraat-blackhistorymonth-activity-7028287410740293634-HYE2?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/mark-ponte-</span><span class="invisible">69bab69_rembrandt-jodenbreestraat-blackhistorymonth-activity-7028287410740293634-HYE2?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/17thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>17thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EarlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyModern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Amsterdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amsterdam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DutchHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>