Danish West India Company
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The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danish West India Company canonical | 2 |
| Danish West India–Guinea Company | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chartered trading company
ⓘ
colonial company ⓘ |
| administered |
U.S. Virgin Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish West Indies
Saint Croix ⓘ Saint John ⓘ Saint Thomas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Copenhagen merchants
ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Danish West Indies
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
|
| charteredBy |
Danish krone
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish crown
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
|
| colonialPowerOf |
U.S. Virgin Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish West Indies
|
| country |
Denmark–Norway
ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
|
| engagedIn | triangular trade ⓘ |
| governedBy | company-appointed governors ⓘ |
| hasColony |
Saint Croix
ⓘ
Saint John ⓘ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Thomas
|
| hasHistoricalRole |
European colonization of the Caribbean
ⓘ
sugar plantation economy in the Caribbean ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Copenhagen ⓘ |
| industry |
colonial administration
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
age of colonialism
ⓘ
age of sail ⓘ early modern period ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
plantation management ⓘ sugar trade ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Caribbean
ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Danish West Indies
|
| operatedUnder | Danish crown monopoly ⓘ |
| partOf | Danish colonial empire ⓘ |
| profitFrom |
colonial trade
ⓘ
plantation slavery ⓘ sugar plantations ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Danish royal charter ⓘ |
| territoryBecame |
U.S. Virgin Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Virgin Islands
|
| transported | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| typeOfEnterprise | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| usedCurrency | Danish rigsdaler ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danish West India–Guinea Company
this entity surface form:
Danish West India–Guinea Company