Saturday, November 26, 2011

Peter v. Scholten

H. Lawaetz, Peter v. Scholten Vestindiske tidsbilleder fra den sidste Generalguvernørs dage, København: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1940.

Wikipedia:
Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (May 17, 1784 – January 26, 1854) was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848. He was born in Vestervig, Thy, Denmark as the son of captain Casimir von Scholten and Catharina Elisabeth de Moldrup.[1]
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In 1827, he became acting governor general of St. Thomas. From 1835 to 1848, he became governor general for all three islands, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, and Saint John, giving him virtually absolute command of the islands. In this period he showed himself a patriarchal ruler trying to lighten the burden of the slaves and to cushion the racial tensions. He did this by creating schools for them, as well as permitting them private ownership.[2]


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H. Lawaetz , Hermann Carl John Lawaetz , 13.3.1864-15.4.1949, pastor, mission historian. Born in Kalundborg barn, dead at Fuglsang, buried Ordrup KGD. L. graduated 1882 from Borgerdydskole in Christianshavn and 1888 cand.teol. 1889 he became pastor of Christiansted on St. Croix, and quickly showed himself to be highly interested in all aspects of the West Indies. 1893 he established a secondary school in St. Croix, and 1893-1902, he was elected member of the royal island kolonialråd. He was a determined opponent of the West Indian islands, sale and published 1900-01 magazine The Danish West Indian in which he fought the trends in this direction.

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