As the islands were poorly managed by the Danes, a local islander, David Hamilton Jackson, was instrumental in persuading the Danish to allow the US to purchase the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix.
A medida que as illas foron mal gobernadas polos daneses, un insular, David Hamilton Jackson, foi fundamental para convencer aos daneses para permitir que os EE.UU. compraran a illa de Santo Tomé, San Xoán e Santa Cruz.