Exports from St. Eustatius to the Dutch Republic, 1783-1795.

During the second half of the 18th century St. Eustatius became an important regional trading hub, where European and North American goods and African slaves were exchanged for tropical produce from the neighbouring British, French, Spanish and Danish colonies. The island played an important role in supplying the rebellious British colonies in North America with arms and ammunition during the American War of Independence (1775-1783). In February 1781, within months after the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784), the island was occupied by the British. Although this occupation onl... Mehr ...