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.
Aliases (1)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chartered trading company
→
colonial company → |
| administered |
Danish West Indies
→
Saint Croix → Saint John → Saint Thomas → |
| associatedWith |
Copenhagen merchants
→
Danish West Indies → Kingdom of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED → |
| charteredBy |
Danish crown
→
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED → |
| colonialPowerOf |
Danish West Indies
→
|
| country |
Denmark–Norway
NERFINISHED
→
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED → |
| engagedIn |
triangular trade
→
|
| governedBy |
company-appointed governors
→
|
| hasColony |
Saint Croix
→
Saint John → 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
→
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 |
United States Virgin Islands
→
|
| transported |
enslaved Africans
→
|
| typeOfEnterprise |
joint-stock company
→
|
| usedCurrency |
Danish rigsdaler
→
|
| usedLanguage |
Danish
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Fort Christian
→
|
builtBy |
|
Danish colonial empire
("Danish West India–Guinea Company")
→
|
hasPart |