So having just read the Wikipedia, it seems like this is one of those interpretation-more-than-facts arguments. Everyone seems to agree that slavers from Peru

So having just read the Wikipedia, it seems like this is one of those interpretation-more-than-facts arguments. Everyone seems to agree that slavers from Peru came in the 19th century and stole a lot of people, and that soon afterwards, Western diseases killed more people until the island was nearly depopulated and had forgotten much of its history. Everyone also seems to agree that before Europeans arrived, the island lost most of its trees, and also there was at least one major social upheaval. Scholars seem to argue over exact causes and extent of these events.