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Virgin Islands National Park
St. John, VI
Virgin Islands National Park, located on St. John, preserves significant natural and cultural resources, including remnants of Danish colonial sugar plantations. These sites offer a window into the brutal realities of chattel slavery and the resilience and resistance of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean, whose labor fueled the plantation economy.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that the African American struggle was isolated. It resonated from Paris to Lagos to Port-au-Prince.
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Before & After This Era
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→ After · Slavery
Sites in Conversation
"Both part of: Transatlantic Slave Trade"
"Both part of: Transatlantic Slave Trade"
"Both part of: Transatlantic Slave Trade"




