Annaberg Sugar Plantation
Cruz Bay, US Virgin Islands
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- Type
- Historical landmark in the United States Virgin Islands
Visitor information
- Address: 977C+34J, St John 00830, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Phone: +1 340-776-6201
- Official website: https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/annaberg-sugar-plantation.htm
People also ask
Where is Annaberg Sugar Plantation?
Situated on St. John Island in the eastern Caribbean, the Virgin Islands National Park preserves the ruins of the Annaberg sugar plantation, and is one of the finest remaining example of Danish Colonial Era industrial agriculture in the Virgin Islands.
Which famous landmark in St. John was once a sugar plantation and was the site of a rebellion against slavery?
On the North Shore of St. John stands the ruins of the Annaberg Sugar Plantation, one of the largest plantations that operated during the height of sugar production in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What happened to slaves on sugar plantations?
One Barbados planter named Edward Littleton estimated that a sugar planter who owned 100 slaves and employed them in growing and processing sugar cane would kill them all in 19 years. The production of sugar required – and killed – hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans.