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Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.

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Peter von Scholten

Danish army officer and colonial administrator

Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten was a Danish army officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848.
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