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Jens Meijen: The Undersigned declares to have been informed of the nature and methods of historiography

By Jens Meijen, translated by Laura Vroomen
9 April 2021 1 min. reading time Young Voices on Slavery

Eighteen young Flemish and Dutch authors bring an artefact to life from the Slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Jens Meijen wrote a poem inspired by a contract from 1706 between plantation owner Jonas Witsen and painter Dirk Valkenburg.

Jens BC 0003870 1 1500px NOG GEEN TOESTEMMING Contract between plantation owner Jonas Witsen and painter Dirk Valkenburg, drawn up by notary H. Outgers, 24/27 February 1706
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The Undersigned declares to have been informed of the nature and methods of historiography

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Jens Meijen

Jens Meijen

journalist, writer and political scientist

photo © Simon Debbaut L'Ecluse

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