In 1917, Denmark sold their Caribbean colony the Danish Westindies to USA for 25 million dollars in gold. The territory was renamed The Virgin Islands, and the era of Danish colonial exploits vanished from the collective memory of this people of the North. A 100 years later, Sofie, a young Dane, travels to The Virgin Islands to meet with Khury, an activist from Boston, whose enslaved ancestors were the property of the Danish Petersen family.
