<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishVita vilitukia kwa nusu karne, pamoja na vizuizi, mashambulizi ya watumwa dhidi ya visiwa vikubwa, na uvamizi mfupi wa Saint-Martin mara tatu.  <response>: Half a century of fighting followed, with blockades, slave-raiding forays against the major islands, and three short seizures of Saint-Martin. 