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As a result of the limited success of the St. Thomas colony, Denmark decided to expand. In 1717, a group of planters from St. Thomas colonized St. John. Fort Fortsberg, a small fort was built at Coral Bay, St. John, and the estates were laid out. By 1728, St. John had 87 plantations, 123 whites, and 677 enslaved Africans living on the island.