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An inside look by Raphael Sorton

— November 27, 2014

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Last week former commissioner o f Finance Xavier Blackman presented the Philipsburg Jubilee library with a copy of the book :

An inside look by Raphael Sorton

An inside look “ authored by Mr. Blackman’s uncle Mr. Raphael Sorton. The book is a autobiographic tale of a little boy who grew up on Saba, left his homeland to study abroad and ended up as a Minister Plenipotentiary in the Hague.

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