Complex sentence: Among other events of the 17th century, the Bandanese attempted independent trade with the English, and the East-India Company's response was to decimate the native population of the Banda Islands sending the survivors fleeing to other islands and then installing slave labour.
Split into simpler sentences: Among other events of the 17th century, the Bandanese attempted independent trade with the English. The East-India Company's response was to decimate the native population of the Banda Islands sending the survivors fleeing to other islands and then installing slave labour.