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1896 and 1996: How Two Supreme Court Acts Transformed Bahamian Law

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1896 and 1996: How Two Supreme Court Acts Transformed Bahamian Law

The Bahamas Supreme Court Act of 1896 represents one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the development of our modern legal system. By establishing a unified Supreme Court Continue Reading

Posted On : February 3, 2026 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Jimmy “Chickie” Horne: Trailblazing Female Impersonator Who Inspired Flip Wilson’s Geraldine

In the constellation of mid-20th century Black entertainment, one Bahamian star shone brightly across the stages of London, New York, Miami, and Nassau, yet his name has faded from our Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2026 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Governor Clifford Orchestrates Goodman’s Bay To Prospect Land Grab for Bay Street Oligarchs 1937

By the 1930s, quite a lot of the land comprising the western district of New Providence was crown land. Vast parcels that had been the subject of old grants—including the Continue Reading

Posted On : January 27, 2026 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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H.G. Christie gifts Wood Cay to Nazi collaborator’s wife 1941

The Bahamas had its Nazi collaborators. The true history of this collaboration—spanning the years before, during, and after World War II—remains unwritten. Our ignorance on this crucial part of our Continue Reading

Posted On : January 21, 2026 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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‘And don’t come back’ Bahamas Boots MLK’s Brother for calling them poor October 1968

In October 1968, Alfred Daniel King—brother of the recently slain Martin Luther King Jr.—traveled to the Bahamas and made a comment that sent the newly empowered Progressive Liberal Party government Continue Reading

Posted On : January 19, 2026 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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