The abandoned paradise island with beautiful sandy beaches - but a very dark past

The abandoned paradise island with beautiful sandy beaches - but a very dark past (Image: Getty) This little-known Caribbean island with beautiful sandy beaches holds a dark past that spans centuries. Klein Curacao, which measures less than 2 kilometres and is governed by the Netherlands , is a barren and uninhabited Dutch Caribbean island scattered with shipwrecks. It also carries the haunting legacy of slavery.

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Its troubled past includes its use by the Dutch West India Company to quarantine slaves in the 1600s. Slaves who fell ill on the journey from Africa to their final destination, Curacao, were confined to this smaller island. RE.