The Netherlands weren't founded with slavery as a core tenant though. It was something that largely happened in the colonies, far away from the bulk of the pop

The Netherlands weren't founded with slavery as a core tenant though. It was something that largely happened in the colonies, far away from the bulk of the population, and once freed they were no longer of any concern. It would have been different if they had shipped in enormous numbers of slaves to work the Polders and then had to find something for them to do once they were emancipated. This is why the US has so many lingering issues, when the slaves were freed the former masters realized very quickly that they would lose power should they organize, and thus had to immediately set up numerous systems of oppression to prevent this from happening. I'm guessing the former slaves were a fairly tiny minority of the population and thus never a danger to the ruling class so there was no need to actively oppress them.