Slave society in the Danish West Indies
Subtitle: St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix
By: Neville A.T. Hall ; edited by B.W. Higman.
Contributors: Higman, B. W., 1943-
Series: Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Slavery -- Virgin Islands of the United States -- History.; Slaves -- Virgin Islands of the United States -- Social conditions.
Description: In this provocative book Neville Hall offers a comprehensive study of slave society in the Danish West Indies. Covering the entire period of slavery in the territory--from 1671 to 1848--Hall focuses on slave rebellion andresistance and discusses the legislative system introduced to control the slave population. He also examines the life of the freedman, the complex relationship between cultural and linguistic development on the islands and the unusually cosmopolitan character of the slaveowning class. -- Publishers description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index.