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A Danish Governor Freed 22,000 Slaves Without Permission
19th Century

A Danish Governor Freed 22,000 Slaves Without Permission

A Danish judge in a colonial court handed down a ruling so legally absurd that it abolished slavery decades ahead of schedule.

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Caribbean19th CenturyAbolitionDanish Colonial EmpireSlaveryPeter von ScholtenEmancipationLegal HistoryWest IndiesColonial Rebellion

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