Franz Claasen, a loyal slave of the van Stell family, was deeded the Mary Point Estate for alerting the family to the rebellion and assisting in their escape to St. Thomas. Franz Claasen's land deed was recorded August 20, 1738, by Jacob van Stell, making Claasen the first 'Free Colored' landowner on St. John. Denmark ended the African slave trade in the Danish West Indies on January 1, 1803, but slavery continued on the islands. When the British emancipated their slaves in the British West Indies in 1838, slaves on St. John began escaping to nearby Tortola and other British islands. On May 24, 1840, eleven slaves from St. John stole a boat and escaped to Tortola during the night. The eight men , and three women  were from the Annaberg plantation and ten Leinster Bay estates. Brother Schmitz, the local Moravian missionary, was sent to Tortola by the St. John police to persuade the slaves to return. After meeting with the Tortola officials and the runaway slaves, Schmitz returned to St. John to relay the slaves' resolve to stay away because of abusive treatment by the overseers on the plantations. After planters replaced those overseers, Charles Bryan, his wife Katurah, and James Jacobs returned to work at Leinster Bay. Kitty, Paulus, David, and Adam moved to St. Thomas. Henry Law, Petrus, and Polly stayed on Tortola. John Curry relocated to Trinidad. None of the runaway slaves were punished. Slaves and free blacks petitioned the colonial government and Denmark to abolish slavery. On July 3, 1848, 114 years after the slave insurrection, enslaved Afro-Caribbeans of St. Croix held a non-violent, mass demonstration seeking abolition of slavery. The Governor-General da:Peter von Scholten declared emancipation throughout the Danish West Indies.

Question: How many years passed between Franz Claasen getting the deed to the Mary Poin Estate and the end of the Danish West Indies slave trade?
Answer: 65

Question: How many years were between the end of the slave trade and the declaration of emancipation in the Danish West Indies?
Answer: 45

Question: Which happened first, Franz Claasen becoming the first 'free colored" landowner or the African slave trade being ended by Denmark?
Answer: first 'Free Colored' landowner

Question: How many of the 11 escaped slaves returned to Leinster Bay?
Answer: 3

Question: How many of the escaped slaves moved to St. Thomas?
Answer: 4

Question: How many years passed between the Bristish emancipating their slaves in teh British West Indies and the slaves on St. Croix holding a mass demonstration?
Answer: 10

Question: How many more male than female slaves from St. John stole a boat and escaped to Tortola during the night?
Answer: 5

Question: Which event happened last, the British emancipation of their slaves in the British West Indies or the non-violent, mass demonstration of the Afro-Caribbeans of St. Croix?
Answer: British emancipation of their slaves in the British West Indies

Question: How many years was it between the time Denmark ended African slave trade int he Danish West Endies and when the British emancipated their slaves in the British West Indies?
Answer: 35

Question: How many years after the slave trade was ended in teh Ddanish West Indies were the slaves finally emancipated?
Answer: 45

Question: After the slave trade ended was there still enslavement?
Answer: slavery continued on the islands

Question: Who aided the van Stells'?
Answer: Franz Claasen

Question: How was Franz Claasen rewarded?
Answer: deeded the Mary Point Estate

Question: What was Claasen given?
Answer: Mary Point Estate

Question: How many years after Denmark ended the slave trade in the West Indies did the British emancipate their slaves there?
Answer: 35

Question: How many men and women were from the Annaberg plantation?
Answer: 11