Complex sentence: However, Prussian authorities refused to grant the necessary passports and after a distressing delay of nearly 2 years the Prussian Government relented and over the next 6 years many ships bought Kavel's Lutheran parishoners to the South Australian Colony.
Split into simpler sentences: However, Prussian authorities refused to grant the necessary passports and after a distressing delay of nearly two years, the Prussian Government relented. Over the next six years many ships bought Kavel's Lutheran parishoners to the South Australian Colony.