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Dutch slavery exhibition to open at UN headquarters

A huge cast iron kettle used to process sugar cane is on display at the Slavery exhibition Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 17, 2021. A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York Feb. 27-March 30. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FILE - A machete used for cutting sugar cane is displayed at the Slavery exhibition Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands in this May 17, 2021 file photo. A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York Feb. 27-March 30. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Tronco, or multiple foot stocks used to to constrain enslaved people, are seen at the Slavery exhibition Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 17, 2021. A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York Feb. 27-March 30. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch slavery exhibition to open at UN headquarters