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1800s, the English got very rich producing sugar, cotton, rum and spices on the Virgin Islands. Finally, slave unrest brought an end to slave auctions in 1803, and by the 1830s, all the slaves had been freed.
In 1917, the United States bought three of the islands still controlled by the Dutch. These were St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix.
Nothing remains of the Virgin Islands original Indian population. That is a good thing, because cannibals could really ruin your vacation. Today, the locals are mostly descended from slaves or slave owners.
People from the islands have their own language – a combination of English, Spanish, Dutch, French, African and maybe even some leftover Arawak.
What words or phrases have you heard that you like or make you laugh?
(Write them here)
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