Download or read book Slave Society in the Danish West Indies written by N. A. T. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an account of the development and destruction of slavery in St Thomas, St John and St Croix, the Caribbean islands which today comprise the US Virgin Islands. The book sees slavery as fundamental to the entire fabric of colonial society, and pays particular attention to the social and political life of the whites and freedmen in interaction with the slaves.
Download or read book Danish West Indies Slavery and Emancipation written by and published by . This book was released on 1672 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 85 percent of those living in the Virgin Islands today are descended from slaves, making these records especially pertinent. A slave revolt in St. Croix in 1848 resulted in a proclamation of emancipation for all slaves in the Virgin Islands. The majority of the records cover the 19th century, with the oldest dating back to 1672. Most of the records from the Danish era are in Danish, some are in Gothic script.
Download or read book The Danish West Indies In Black And White written by Enrique Corneiro and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 500 black and white images that depict the people, places and events that transformed the Danish West Indies into the U.S. Virgin Islands. The United States purchased the islands of the Danish West Indies from Denmark in 1917 and renamed the islands the Virgin Islands of the United States of America. This book uses 500 black and white images to help show what life was like in the islands before and after becoming an American territory.
Download or read book The Danish West Indian Slave Trade written by Arnold R. Highfield and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emancipation in the West Indies written by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Negotiating Enslavement written by Arnold R. Highfield and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays represent af riche cache of historical presentations of papers from past Annual Meetings of The Society of Virgin Islands Historians
Download or read book Emancipation in the Danish West Indies written by Peter von Scholten and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition written by Erik Gøbel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Erik Gøbel offers an account of the well-documented Danish transatlantic slave trade. Denmark was the seventh-largest slave-trading nation with forts and factories on the Gold Coast and a colony in the Virgin Islands. The comprehensive Danish archival material provides the basis for Gøbel’s descriptions of the volume and composition of the slave trade and trade cargoes, as well as the shipping and conditions on board along the Middle Passage. Attention is also paid to the 1791 Danish Slave Trade Commission report and the final decision to abolish the slave trade altogether. *The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolitionis now available in paperback for individual customers.
Download or read book Selected Records of the Danish West Indies 1672 1917 written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering critical chapters in the history of slavery and emancipation in the Dutch West Indies, the documents in this collection consist of administrative records, manumission papers, indentures, census data, and additional statistical materials, as well as legal papers, government reports, and letters, providing unique perspectives on the Atlantic slave trade in this region.
Download or read book Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies written by Isidor Paiewonsky and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through first-hand accounts and loads of illustrations, this slim (and large-print) volume documents the growth of slavery, beginning with the Danes' first efforts at colonization in the early 17th century, to the establishment of a full-blown slave economy, and through the abolition movement in the 19th century. The text is minor, the illustrations great. For a general audience. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Emancipation in the Danish West Indies written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emancipation in the West Indies written by James Armstrong Thome and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Black Resettlement and the American Civil War written by Sebastian N. Page and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive, comparative account of nineteenth-century America's efforts to resettle African Americans outside the United States.
Download or read book Selected Records of the Danish West Indies 1672 1917 written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ordeal of Free Labor in the British West Indies written by William Grant Sewell and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
