A history of the Virgin Islands of the United States / by Isaac Dookhan ; with an introduction by Richard B. Sheridan.

By:

Dookhan, Isaac

Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press, 1994.Description: 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9768125055
9789768125057

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

972.97/22 20

LOC classification:

F2136.5 .D66 1994

Other classification:

15.85

Contents:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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