Morningstar is a settlement on the island of

Saint Croix Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincor ...

in the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

History

Morning Star (Queens Quarter No. 4 ad 9 and Northside Q,uarter B. No. 10, Centre Police District, Christiansteds Jurisdiction) is a former sugar plantation. As of 1816, it had a total area of 314 acres of which 137 acres were planted with sugar canes and 177 acres were under other cultivation. 124 enslaved labourers were present on the estate. On 9 September 1831, Norning Star was sold at auction to William Werwy Abrahamson and Ysbrand Portelje, by attorneys, for guilders 100,000. On 22 March 1856, it was sold by Major Keutsch, as attorney to the directors for the shareholders, to Terrance Farrelly, for $ 23,500.

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* Populated places in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands {{SaintCroixVI-geo-stub