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Events on Monday 3 July 1848 1
1848Slavery abolished in the Danish West IndiesGovernor von Scholten proclaims emancipationAfter a slave revolt on St. Croix, Governor-General Peter von Scholten declared all enslaved people in the Danish West Indies free on 3 July. He acted without authority from Copenhagen. The colony is now the US Virgin Islands.