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Peter von Scholten
Peter von Scholten was a Danish official who served as governor-general of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848. He improved conditions for the enslaved and promoted gradual reform, and on 3 July 1848, faced with a slave revolt on St Croix, he declared the immediate emancipation of all enslaved people in the colony. He was recalled and tried in Denmark but later acquitted.
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