Smuds på officersstandens ære :Den pinlige sag om løjtnant Stürup af De Vestindiske Tropper
Abstract
In 1778 a somewhat special drama took place on the island of St. John in the Caribbean. St. John was part of the Danish colony, Danish West Indies, which in 1917 was sold to the USA and was renamed US Virgin Islands. The drama involved the Danish Second Lieutenant Johan Ernst Stürup who had several confrontations with the white citizens and seeked the company of Afro-Caribbeans, both free and enslaved. In a state of drunkenness he attacked some white citizens in 1778 and was arrested. Eventually he managed to escape his incarceration and fled to the nearby British island of Tortola. His desertion was not only an embarrassment to the Danish West Indian Troops, but also to the honour code of the officer’s corps. His story tells about segregation, prejudices, civil-military relations, drinking and violence in the 18th century Caribbean colonies.
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