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Tilforladelig kort over eylandet St. Croix udi America saaledes som det ved en acurat udmaaling er besunden med qvarterernes navne og enhver plantagies nummer efter hvilke de udi matriculen findes indförte og til enhver kiöber cederet beliggende paa 17 grader 38 minuter norder brede.

Old map of an island, with illustrations of ships in the sea. The landmass is divided into a regular grid of yellow, blue, green and pink rectangles. The rectangles have names of the landowners, and some have windmills in them.

- Real property--United States Virgin Islands--Saint Croix--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Windmills--United States Virgin Islands--Saint Croix--Maps--Early works to 1800
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Tags: Alexander Moir, LoS Here, map, Slavery

Painting

Bust portrait of Dr Gilbert Ramsay, near facing, in an ovate mount. Wearing a long grey periwig, clerical gown, and a clerical collar, on a plain brown background.

Tags: Gilbert Ramsay, LoS Here, Marischal, Slavery

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African.

Tags: Abolition, LoS Here, Olaudah Equiano, Slavery

Triumph of Truth

3/4 portrait of Dr James Beattie, wearing doctorate gown, 'Essay on Truth' under left arm. Truth as an Angel holding balance plunging Scepticism, Sophistry, Infidelity (Voltaire, Hume, Gibbon) into darkness. Painted 1773 in London during Beattie's…

Tags: Abolition, James Beattie, LoS Here, Slavery