Country Road, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1863

Equestrian traffic and carts, including carter driving an ox team loaded with hogsheads of sugar being taken to harbor. ( The image was published in J. Holm, The Corvette Heimdals mission to the West Indian Islands 1861 and 1862 [Copenhagen, 1863]); thanks to Leif Svalesen and George Tyson for this information).

Image Title

Country Road, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1863

RegID

SI-OB-265

Date

1863

Title

Country Road, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1863

Source

Leif Svalesen, The Slave Ship Fredensborg, translated by Pat Shaw and Selena Winsnes (Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle publishers, 2000), p. 138; original in The Danish Maritime Museum, Kronborg.

Language

English

Item sets

Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities

Spatial Coverage

Caribbean--St. Croix

Reproduced In

Leif Svalesen, The Slave Ship Fredensborg, translated by Pat Shaw and Selena Winsnes (Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle publishers, 2000), p. 138

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

NW0039