Hans Jonatan
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Hans Jonatan was an escaped slave, soldier, farmer and trader. His father may have been a white Dane; his mother was a black slave. Following his participation in the Battle of Copenhagen, after which
Ruins of an old sugar mill, with a plantation house in the background, Frederiksted 1941.
Constitution Hill Plantation Christiansted, St. Croix painting by Frederik von Scholten.
Djúpivogur's trading station, where Hans Jonatan worked.
Saint Croix
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Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Hans Jonatan
…in the country. Later, he became the subject of a DNA study. Hans Jonatan was born enslaved on the plantation of Constitution Hill on the island of St Croix in the Caribbean, which had become a Danish colony in 1733 when purchased by the Danish West India Company from France. His paternity is uncertain, but…
Frederiksstad on Saint Croix, 1848
Enslaved African workers on Mary's Fancy plantation, owned by George Ryan
Prince Valdemar's arrival at St. Croix, 1879
Dannebrog being lowered at the Governor's Mansion for the last time (31 March 1917)