Danish West Indies colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Danish_West_Indies_colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Danish West Indies colony
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:sugar
right
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 5