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Belle van
Zuylens Forgotten Grandma:
A
Brief Paper On Blacks And People Of Colour
In
Europe And The Netherlands Through The Ages
"Egmond Codfried"
egmondcodfried@hotmail.com
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Mr. Rene
de Vicq |
Maria
Jacoba van Goor |
This
study of historical sources and literature on black and coloured historic
persons was inspired by the chance finding of a portrait of Maria Jacoba
van Goor. We get a view of the problems and of the methods to identify
these Europeans. This beautiful painting was also a reason to cast an
afrocentric view at Belle van Zuylens life and her works, the biographies
en the origin of her financial fortune. Through her coloured grandmother,
the Dutch Belle van Zuylen (1740-1805) also known as Madame de Charrière,
joins the rank of writers as the Russian Alexander Pushkin, the French
Alexander Dumas and Colette, the Britons Elizabeth Barrett and her husband
Robert Browning. As well as the German classic composer Ludwig von
Beethoven and Queen Charlotte of Britain. These are Europeans of great
merit, who had black forefathers. Also we find that Belle was a friend of
Pierre Alexander Du Peyrou (1729-1794), a brown coloured and wealthy
Surinam plantation owner in Swiss. He is renowned as a close friend,
benefactor and publisher of the most famous philosopher of the
Enlightenment, Jean Jaques Rousseau. This paper disproof’s assertions that
blacks in Europe are foreign and ‘allochtoon.’ Were there is overwhelming
proof of blacks being part of Europe from the classical times on. This
groundbreaking work provides the names and many portraits of coloured
Europeans and Dutch. To counterbalance the outdated tradition from the
present Dutch to hide their coloured ancestors. Afro centricity has not
yet entered the Dutch mainstream as we find in the English-speaking world.
Sadly, Afrocentric
studies are not being translated into Dutch. (This paper is written in
Dutch, an English summary included) Cover: Maria Jacoba van Goor and
husband by Harmen Serin, 1730. Photo Icon. Bureau/RKD The Hague
COLOPHON
COPYRIGHT
EGMOND CODFRIED
ISBN
90-808067-2-2
NUR 600
NULDE DRUK
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