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1916 – When spreading fake news was against the law in the Bahama Islands

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One Hundred and Fifty: John Moultrie’s American Slaves Sent to the Bahamas in 1784

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The Bahamian Member of Parliament who was an MP for only six short weeks 1962

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Political Slavery a letter written 100 years ago Nassau 1924

In philosophical terms, the original value of man, an hypothesis promulgated by progressive society and religious doctrine, imposed an intellectual conundrum for the emancipated negro. By 1924, some 90 years Continue Reading

Posted On : June 16, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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First Bahamian Female Doctor Florinda Cambridge returns home 1955

Dr. Florinda Cambridge was born in 1922 on Hay Street in Nassau. Her mother was Clarinda Speed Cambridge, born in 1905, in Florida. Her father was James A. Cambridge, born Continue Reading

Posted On : June 14, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Government Swindles Negro Land Owners in Oakes Field 1955

Ironies underly the history of the land known as Oakes Field. It was Harold G. Christie (H. G. Christie) who was behind the sale of all that land to Sir Continue Reading

Posted On : June 11, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Rupert Dean of Rupert Dean Lane, First Bahamian to Tar roads in Nassau Dies October 1955

Rupert Dean was, among other things, a poet. In 1915, he wrote “Nation’s Prayer” during the First World War. It was published by Mosley’s Printing Works. An incredible 1,500 were Continue Reading

Posted On : June 7, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Gerald Cash toastmaster for Orville Turnquest’s stag party February 1955

As high society events go, the wedding of Orville Alton Turnquest to Edith Louise Thompson in February 1955, was among the noteworthy events of the wedding season that year. We Continue Reading

Posted On : June 6, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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