The Abolition of Slavery in the Danish West Indies and the Governor’s Mulatto Mistress

by Norman Berdichevsky (May 2016)

The Virgin Islands is a favorite tourist spot for Caribbean cruises. January 2017 will mark the 100th anniversary of the sale of what was the Danish West Indies to the United States. Alone among the Nordic countries, Denmark aspired to become a great maritime power with a colonial empire extending into the tropics.  more>>>