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The Danish West Indies were a Danish Colony in the Caribbean from 1670 until 1917, when the Danish Virgin islands ( consisting of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John ) were transferred to the U.S. Anegada, St Vincent Grenadines, Water Island, Virgin Gorda, Lesser Antilles, Saint Barthélemy, St. Croix, Bonaire, Virgin Islands

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The curious case of Hezekiah Smith: The last Danish prisoner from the Danish West Indies

The Danish West Indies was a Danish Colony in the Caribbean from 1670 until 1917, when the islands were transferred to the U.S. There are many strange legends and stories in the islands, but none stranger than the curious case of Hezekiah Smith, who hailed from a somewhat notorious family and came close to losing his head. The story began in December of 1904, when a young female laborer from the St. Croix plantation known as Betty's Hope was found murdered. A search party was sent out and…

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