🙏 ~ 💝 ('VIFTEN': Slave punishments by whip and cut off fingers – the Danish slave history year, 1848) Todays Inspirational Spiritual Quotes & Videos ~ Apr 19, 2023 ~ |

Editor's Note: No subs are necessary. This project is the first of it’s kind. You never hear about this part of history... The movie depicts a story about power and mutual dependence, which with both deep seriousness and absurd comedy, challenges, the Danes' historical amnesia in which, DK-govt, REFUSE, to talk abt. The Danish West Indies, is the designation for Denmark-Norway's possessions in the Caribbean, namely the three islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Jan and Saint Croix between 1672-1917. The economy of the Danish West Indies DEPENDED on slavery. By 1778, it was estimated that the Danes were bringing about 3,000 Africans to the Danish West Indies, YEARLY, for enslavement with a total population of about 41,000 people. After a rebellion, slavery was officially abolished in 1848, leading to the near economic collapse of the plantations. March of 1917, Denmark sold the three islands to the United States. LONG LIVE THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK -  HOORAY!... |