A history of the Virgin Islands of the United States /

Dookhan, Isaac.

A history of the Virgin Islands of the United States / by Isaac Dookhan ; with an introduction by Richard B. Sheridan. - Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press, 1994. - 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Originally published: Epping : Caribbean Universities Press for the College of the Virgin Islands, 1974.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical geography -- Pre-Columbian inhabitants -- Danish colonial expansion -- Colonial government under company rule -- Plantation agriculture during slavery -- The trade emporium until 1850 -- Piracy in the Virgin Islands -- The Danish West Indian slave trade -- The slave society -- Slave protest and emancipation -- The religious denominations -- Constitutional reforms under the crown -- The aftermath of slavery -- The sale and purchase -- The American dilemma -- Modern times.

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15.85 history of America.


United States Virgin Islands--History.
United States Virgin Islands.
Virgin Islands (U.S.)--History.
American Virgin Islands.


History.
History (form)

F2136.5 / .D66 1994

972.97/22

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