Complex sentence: His ancestors were Haitian and came to the United States in 1870 and claimed descent from slaves taken from Africa to Haiti in 1568 by slave traders Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake.
Split into simpler sentences: His ancestors were Haitian and came to the United States in 1870. He claimed descent from slaves taken from Africa to Haiti in 1568 by slave traders Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake.