On November 23rd

Annaberg preserves an 18th-century sugar plantation; the 1733 slave revolt began on St. John. The record dates it to 1733-11-23. Annaberg Sugar Plantation's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Virgin Islands National Park' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file f

On November 23, 1733, enslaved Africans seized the fort on St. John and declared the island free — the first successful slave revolt in the Americas, holding the island for six months before French and Danish forces crushed it. Its leaders reportedly chose death over recapture; the Annaberg plantation ruins inside the national park are their quiet monument.