Slave Society in the Danish West Indies
Title | Slave Society in the Danish West Indies PDF eBook |
Author | N. A. T. Hall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Enslaved persons |
ISBN | 9789764100294 |
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.
The Danish West Indian Slave Trade
Title | The Danish West Indian Slave Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold R. Highfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
For the Health of the Enslaved
Title | For the Health of the Enslaved PDF eBook |
Author | Niklas Thode Jensen |
Publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 8763531712 |
In the first half of the 19th century, the safeguarding of the health of the enslaved workers became a central concern for plantation owners and colonial administrators in the Danish West Indies. With the end of the slave trade, the longstanding excess mortality in the hardworking enslaved population became a crucial problem for the colony because the slaves could no longer be replaced. This book explores the health conditions of the enslaved workers and the health policies initiated by planters and the colonial government. The investigation reveals that, in a comparative Caribbean perspective, Danish West Indian health policies were often quite unique and efficient, but also that the health of the enslaved was a contested field, showing an ongoing power struggle between the planters, the colonial administration, and the slaves themselves.
Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies
Title | Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies PDF eBook |
Author | Isidor Paiewonsky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
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
Slave stories
Title | Slave stories PDF eBook |
Author | Gunvor Simonsen |
Publisher | Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2017-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 8771844937 |
In the Danish West Indies, hundreds of enslaved men and women and a handful of Danish judges engaged in a broken, often distorted dialogue in court. Their dialogue was shaped by a shared concern with the ways slavery clashed with sexual norms and family life. Some enslaved men and women crafted respectable Christian self-portraits, which in time allowed victims of sexual abuse and rape to publicly narrate their experiences. Other slaves stressed African-Atlantic traditions when explaining their domestic conflicts. Yet these gripping stories did not influence the legal system. While the judges cunningly embraced slave testimony, they also reached guilty verdicts in most trials and punished with extreme brutality. Slaves spoke, but mostly to no avail. In Slave Stories, Gunvor Simonsen reconstructs the narratives crafted by slaves and traces the distortions instituted by Danish West Indian legal practice. In doing so, she draws us closer to the men and women who lived in bondage in the Danish West Indies (present-day US Virgin Islands) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Danish West Indies In Black And White
Title | The Danish West Indies In Black And White PDF eBook |
Author | Enrique Corneiro |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2017-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1387298577 |
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.
Bondmen and Freedmen in the Danish West Indies
Title | Bondmen and Freedmen in the Danish West Indies PDF eBook |
Author | George F. Tyson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Slavery |
ISBN | 9781886007024 |