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  1. Uninhabited when settled in 1638 by the Dutch who introduced
  2. sugar cane.  France took over in 1721 bringing African slaves. 
  3. Britain ruled from 1810 to March 12, 1968 bringing Indian workers
  4. for the sugar plantations.  The economy has suffered during the
  5. 1980s because of low world sugar prices.                     @