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: Following the ban, the Danish government attempted to pivot to plantation agriculture (coffee and tobacco) to maintain economic viability. These efforts largely failed due to disease, local resistance from the Asante Kingdom , and a lack of resources.

: Denmark made history in 1792 as the first European country to criminalize the slave trade. However, this edict did not take effect until 1803 and did not abolish slavery itself—it only banned the transport of new slaves from Africa. Guldkysten

: The primary reason for Denmark's presence was the transatlantic slave trade . Between 1660 and 1803, Danish ships transported approximately 86,000 enslaved people to the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands). : Following the ban, the Danish government attempted