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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
From the first European settlement around 1636 "until the early 19th century, St. Eustatius changed hands twenty-one times between the Netherlands, Britain and France."<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius Sint Eustatius], (accessed 13 March 2021).</ref> | From the first European settlement around 1636 "until the early 19th century, St. Eustatius changed hands twenty-one times between the Netherlands, Britain and France." Slavery was abolished in 1863.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius Sint Eustatius], (accessed 13 March 2021).</ref> | ||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||