St. Croix holds one of the most powerful and untold freedom stories in the entire Caribbean — and almost no one knows it. On July 3, 1848, a formerly enslaved man named Moses "Buddhoe" Gottlieb led 8,000 enslaved people in a nonviolent march to Fort Frederik and demanded their freedom. The Danish governor surrendered. Every single person was freed that day — the only successful nonviolent slave revolt leading to immediate emancipation in Caribbean history. His co-conspirator was a man named Admiral Martin King. Over 100 years later, a preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. would use the same strategy to change America. Same name. Same strategy. Different century. This 2.5-hour walking tour br...
Höhepunkte
2 Stunden und 30 Minuten
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2 Stunden und 30 Minuten
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Was ist enthalten?
Erfahrener lokaler Reiseleiter
Erfahrener lokaler Reiseführer
Treffpunkte
Abreise
Frederiksted
Frederiksted Pier, St. Croix
Rückkehr
St. Croix African Heritage Walking Tour
St. Croix
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St. Croix holds one of the most powerful and untold freedom stories in the entire Caribbean — and almost no one knows it. On July 3, 1848, a formerly enslaved man named Moses "Buddhoe" Gottlieb led 8,000 enslaved people in a nonviolent march to Fort Frederik and demanded their freedom. The Danish governor surrendered. Every single person was freed that day — the only successful nonviolent slave revolt leading to immediate emancipation in Caribbean history. His co-conspirator was a man named Admiral Martin King. Over 100 years later, a preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. would use the same strategy to change America. Same name. Same strategy. Different century. This 2.5-hour walking tour br...
Was ist enthalten?
Erfahrener lokaler Reiseleiter
Erfahrener lokaler Reiseführer
Höhepunkte
2 Stunden und 30 Minuten
Angeboten in Englisch
Nicht erstattungsfähig
Mobiles Ticket
2 Stunden und 30 Minuten
Angeboten in Englisch
Nicht erstattungsfähig
Mobiles Ticket
Treffpunkte
Abreise
Frederiksted
Frederiksted Pier, St. Croix
Rückkehr
Reiseplan
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Walk the streets of the 1878 Fireburn, led by Queen Mary, Queen Agnes, and Queen Mathilda — three women who burned the plantations to demand freedom.
