Virgin Islands 1920s

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Title - One of a series of pictographs showing life and customs on the Virgin Islands (St Thomas and St John) Recently purchased by the United States from Denmark. (1917)Brief top shot building on coast
02:31:16 Intertitle - Visitors to St. John make the voyage from St. Thomas by means of small schooners. Good shot on board sailing boat - Black man at wheel
02:31:34 Title - Most interesting of all the island scenes are the ruins of many valuable estates which flourished during the slave days (previous to 1848). Run down plantation. Man walking around overgrown house - jungle has taken over.
02:32:52 Dungeon tower - the most lasting symbol of slave day cruelty. Man enters tower - shows central pillar or whipping post.

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