Sugar Plantation, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1840
View of the La Grange plantation by Frederick von Scholten with town of Frederiksted in background. Slave gang in foreground is harvesting field of sugar cane; left center are sugar works, windmill, and plantation yard. (Thanks to Leif Svalesen and George Tyson for assistance in identifying this item.)
Image Title
Sugar Plantation, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1840
RegID
SI-OB-505
Date
1840
Title
Sugar Plantation, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ca. 1840
Source
Published in Leif Svalesen, The Slave Ship Fredensborg, translated by Pat Shaw and Selena Winsnes (Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle publishers, 2000), p. 196; original in The Danish Maritime Museum, Kronborg, Denmark.
Language
Danish
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
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. 196
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0040