Beginning of Slave Insurrection

Date: November 23, 1733 • Location: Cruz Bay, Virgin Islands, U.S.

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1733–1734.

African slaves in the Danish West Indies began an insurrection in one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas.

The Danish West Indies, also known as the Danish Virgin Islands or the Danish Antilles, were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 83 square kilometres (32 sq mi), Saint John with 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), and Saint Croix with 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi).