Title: Virgin Islands story,
Authors: Larsen, Jens Peter Mouritz.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Year: 1950
Subjects: Lutheran Church in the Virgin Islands.; Lutheran Church United States Virgin Islands.; United States Virgin Islands History.
Contents: Pioneering on St. Thomas -- Plowing new land -- The occupation of St. John -- Pioneer work on St. Croix -- Slavery in the Danish West Indies -- Moravian missions -- Lutheran missions -- Education and evangelization -- The Negro Dutch Creole dialect -- Translations and publications -- The slave traffic ordinance -- Time of transition -- Calamities and blessings -- Peter Von Scholten -- Education for freedom -- The end of slavery -- Facing new problems -- Progress under difficulties -- Attempts at transfer -- Pre-transfer developments -- Post-transfer adjustments -- Fifty years after the transfer -- Appendixes: A. Lutheran ministers and missionaries in the Virgin Islands -- B. Important dates.