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Emancipation
of Danish Slaves
Engraving
of Peter Von Scholten
The
edict abolishing the slave trade did not abolish the
institution of slavery. Slavery still continued in
the Danish West Indies (Vestindien). On 3
July 1846 generalguvernør (Governor-General) Peter Von
Scholten (who was sympathetic to the abolition of
slavery) proclaimed the emancipation of the slaves in
the Danish West Indies.
The
Danish West Indies were purchased by the USA for $25m
under a treaty which was ratified and proclaimed on
March 31, 1917. They now form the Virgin Islands,
an unincorporated territory of the USA.
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Links
to pages dealing with the abolition of the Danish slave
trade:
Denmark
Links
to pages dealing with the abolition of slavery in other
countries:
13th
Amendment to the Bill of Rights
American
Civil War
British
campaign against slavery
Sir
Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1846)
Thomas
Clarkson (1760-1845)
Abraham
Lincoln
Granville
Sharp (1735-1813)
Slave
Trade Act 1807
Slave
Trade Act 1824
Slave
Trade Act 1843
Slavery
Abolition Act 1833
Harriet
Beecher Stowe
Joseph
Sturge (1793-1859)
Uncle
Tom's Cabin
Vermont
William
Wilberforce (1759-1833)
Links
to other pages dealing with slavery:
Does
slavery still exist?
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