Danish West Indies colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Danish_West_Indies_colony

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery	1848
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Dansk_Vestindien gptkb:Danish_Antilles
gptkbp:area	approximately 340 km²
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Charlotte_Amalie
gptkbp:colonizedBy	gptkb:Denmark
gptkbp:consistsOf	gptkb:Saint_Croix gptkb:Saint_John gptkb:Saint_Thomas
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Danish_West_Indian_daler
gptkbp:disbanded	1917
gptkbp:established	1671
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_Denmark
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Governor_of_the_Danish_West_Indies
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:mainExports	gptkb:sugar gptkb:right gptkb:cotton
gptkbp:nativeInhabitants	gptkb:Arawak gptkb:Carib
gptkbp:officialLanguage	Danish
gptkbp:populationAtSale	about 26,000
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:sells	gptkb:United_States 1917
gptkbp:status	United States territory
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:treatyOfSale	gptkb:Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies_(1916)
gptkbp:usedSlaveLabor	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:St._Thomas_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Danish West Indies colony