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Emancipation in the U.S. Virgin Islands 150 years of freedom 1848-1998

Title
Emancipation in the U.S. Virgin Islands 150 years of freedom 1848-1998 / Arnold R. Highfield, editor.
Publication
St. Croix, V.I. : Emancipation Commission, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Highfield, Arnold R.
  • Virgin Islands Emancipation Commission.
  • Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
Description
80 p.; 26 cm.
Alternative Title
Emancipation in the Virgin Islands.
Subject
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States Virgin Islands
  • Slavery > United States Virgin Islands > History
Note
  • "This booklet has been published by the History Committee of the Committee of the Emancipation Commission to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Emancipation in the United States Virgin Islands, July 3, 1998, with support from the Virgin Islands Humanities Council."---P. 2.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Editor's preface / Arnold R. Highfield -- Freedom in Frederiksted / Richard A. Schrader -- A chronology of slavery and emancipation in the history of the Danish West Indies / Svend E. Holsoe -- Emancipation and the new social order: views from the upper class / Marilyn F. Krigger -- Emancipation in hemispheric perspective / Lauren Larsen -- Political and economic aspects of emancipation / Malik Sekou -- A selection of historical documents relating to emancipation in the Danish West Indies / George F. Tyson -- An annotated bibliography / Arnold R. Highfield.
Call Number
Sc F 02-428
ISBN
1886007101
OCLC
46804867
Title
Emancipation in the U.S. Virgin Islands 150 years of freedom 1848-1998 / Arnold R. Highfield, editor.
Imprint
St. Croix, V.I. : Emancipation Commission, 1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Highfield, Arnold R.
Virgin Islands Emancipation Commission.
Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
Spine Title
Emancipation in the Virgin Islands.
Research Call Number
Sc F 02-428
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