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Line 225: In 1907, the portrait of Christian IX was replaced by Frederik VIII , followed by Christian X in 1915. ===Slavery=== Production on the islands increased and the small family farms grew to become larger plantations. The increased production made it necessary to obtain more labour. Both St. Thomas and St. Jan were uninhabited, so labor had to be picked up from the outside. The attempt to use Indians from the American mainland was unsuccessful, and one tried to get young Danes to emigrate to St. Thomas. Few wanted to travel to the West Indies of free will, as they had heard horrific stories about both the crossing and the diseases that could strike them. Recruitment was moved to the prisons, where prisoners with long prison sentences or death sentences were promised freedom after six years of work on a plantation. Few of those who signed the agreement survived the six-year period. Thus, the company turned its gaze to slaves from Guinea in Africa, and in 1673 came the first shipment of African slaves. The number of slaves increased rapidly, from 175 in 1679 to 333 six years later. Even with the great growth, there was a shortage of labor, and the company leadership wanted more slaves. Should the supply of slaves become too great, they could always be disposed of on the surrounding islands. But the company's poor finances led to too few slave ships being sent across the Middle Passage to meet the needs of plantation owners. To solve the problem, the company management turned to the Prince of Brandenburg, who had great interests in the slave trade, and offered him to use St. Thomas as a trading place for the slaves brought from Guinea. In return, West Indian-Guinean Kompagni would receive 1% of the slaves introduced to the islands and 2% of the slaves that were resold. [5]

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