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Back in the early 18th century there were pirates from many different nations roaming the seas to attack each other ships and grab whatever riches might be on board. In the Caribbean, the French and English had an ongoing battle for supremacy as they destroyed each others sailing vessels. One particular Frenchman, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, had had enough and sought to destroy the English rid the island of NEVIS PROPERTY FOR SALE of them. He knew he needed men who could be ruthless in battle, so he sent a message home to have some buccaneers sail over to help him with the destruction he had planned to heap upon his foes. These buccaneers were very used to seeing death and the ravages of war. The men who would come to help learned their trade on the battlefields of Spain. Many of them became good at killing innocent people, and they built themselves a reputation as torturers and murderers. Soon they would arrive in the Caribbean waters to continue to ply their trade. The English were aware they were coming and knew of their reputation. Many of the rich plantation owners ran to the hills for safety. They left about 1000 of their slaves behind to tackle with the marauders. The ill-trained slaves fought hard with limited weapons to protect their owner's land. These Spaniards were promised that they could capture slaves and sell them in Martinique. Many of the slave houses were raided and about 3400 got captured and sent elsewhere. The fighting lasted for a long eighteen days before peace was restored. d'Iberville's plan to take over this island for his homeland had failed as the slaves that fought back were relentless in their pursuit of winning. However, there was some severe lasting damage to the island's economy that resulted from all this violence. The sugar cane industry was decimated and would never come back to its original glory. A massive famine struck the area as the food stuffs that would have arrived on ships carrying supplies stopped coming into port. They tried to give African slave families plots of land to grow food, but this proved futile. Hundreds ended up dying from starvation. Slowly everyone who had the wealth to leave eventually did, and most would never return to this Caribbean Island. Although, today the economy is driven by the tourist industry and it is not as desolate as it once was. D'Iberville's wishes were never fulfilled, but the NEVIS PROPERTY FOR SALE was forever affected by his intentions.
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