<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Salt Island Guardian]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Salt Island Guar]]></description><link>https://www.buysxm.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:06:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.buysxm.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[St. Maarten History: 1863]]></title><description><![CDATA[On July 1, 1863, when the Dutch Kingdom officially proclaimed emancipation on Sint Maarten, liberty arrived through a cold ledger of debits and credits. The newly freed men, women, and children stepped into legal personhood with empty hands, while the colonial administration painstakingly calculated cash payouts for the men and women who had held them in bondage. Preserved in the yellowed schedules of the Dutch National Archives, these records do not just document the end of an era. They...]]></description><link>https://www.buysxm.com/post/st-maarten-history-1863</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95aaee978d27f7d8e6162a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:08:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e5f5d_3d7b301076fa4213a92e75c2a0fef8e1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Haydee Peterson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>