Complex sentence: After the Jamaican slave uprising of 1831--2 her father and uncle continued to treat the slaves humanely but the family became mired in thirty-eight years of chancery litigation over the division of land and other property.
Split into simpler sentences: After the Jamaican slave uprising of 1831--2 her father and uncle continued to treat the slaves humanely. The family became mired in thirty-eight years of chancery litigation over the division of land and other property.