Trading in slaves was abolished in 1792, but with a ten-year implementation for the ban on importation. In 1827 reforms were attempted by Governor-General Peter von Scholten to improve the conditions for freedmen. Scholten was aware that free Afro-Caribbean people were obligated to perform state duties equal to other citizens but did not have the same civil rights. Changes in the status of Afro-Caribbean people, with the recent independence of Haiti, prompted the reform efforts. Under Scholten's plan, freedmen would be divided into two groups, those who carried freedom papers curtailing their civil rights and those who carried citizenship papers allowing them equal status with other Danish citizens. Under his plan, all free Afro-Caribbean persons with th-African ancestry (fusti) would automatically qualify for full and equal status as other citizens. Fully African (sort), biracial (mulat), th-African (musti), or th-African (casti) persons would remain both free and Danish, but would continue to have fewer rights. The proposal was submitted to the king in 1830, containing provisions for women and children and emancipation of slaves, as well. A married woman was required to hold the same status as her husband, an unmarried woman's civil status was to be determined by the Governor-General based upon her social and educational position, and children derived their status from their mother. Slaves were encouraged to work for their own manumission and if they paid their own fees, the cost of freedom was significantly lower. The plan was approved by the king in 1830 and went into effect when it was published in the Danish West Indies in 1831.