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From Serfdom to Fireburn and Strike, The History of Black Labor in the Danish West Indies 1848-1916
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This book appears at a time when there is tremendous local, regional and international interest in 19th century emancipation in the West Indies. That event occurred in the U.S. Virgin Islands - the erstwhile Danish West Indies - on July 3, 1848. Peter Hoxcer Jensen's fascinating new book takes up where the story of slavery leaves off and where the hard road to freedom begins. Employing previously unused materials from Danish archival and administrative sources, Jensen traces the ex-slaves journey from servitude through neo-serfdom and revolt on the sugar and cotton producing estates where they had previously been slaves.
This book appears at a time when there is tremendous local, regional and international interest in 19th century emancipation in the West Indies. That event occurred in the U.S. Virgin Islands - the erstwhile Danish West Indies - on July 3, 1848. Peter Hoxcer Jensen's fascinating new book takes up where the story of slavery leaves off and where the hard road to freedom begins. Employing previously unused materials from Danish archival and administrative sources, Jensen traces the ex-slaves journey from servitude through neo-serfdom and revolt on the sugar and cotton producing estates where they had previously been slaves.
258 pages, Paper Pack
First published January 1, 1998
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January 4, 2008
Great view of the past of ex-slaves lives. Hard read.
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