St. Croix, V.I.: Virgin Islands Emancipation Commission
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
80 p, Contents: Editor's preface / Arnold R. Highfield -- Freedom in Frederiksted / Richard A. Schrader -- A chronology of slavery and emancipation in the history of the Danish West Indies / Svend E. Holsoe -- Emancipation and the new social order: views from the upper class / Marilyn F. Krigger -- Emancipation in hemispheric perspective / Lauren Larsen -- Political and economic aspects of emancipation / Malik Sekou -- A selection of historical documents relating to emancipation in the Danish West Indies / George F. Tyson -- An annotated bibliography / Arnold R. Highfield
Examines how the Mocko Jumbie stilt-dancing masquerade evolved in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Contends that an upper Guinea coast provenance appears more likely than origins in southeastern Nigeria
