The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
The surname Forbes, like Rolle, and Bain are some of the more prevalent surnames in the Bahamas. They, like many others, were names of slave masters, adopted by slaves, after Continue Reading
Scilla, was a 10-year-old slave girl, in New Providence, in 1822. She had been sold off from the estate of one Henry Johnson then deceased. Scilla was bought by merchant Continue Reading
Black slaveowners remains a quarrelsome subject. A number of free blacks and free coloureds, in the Bahamas, owned slaves. And some sold slaves as well. Negroes from Africa, labelled as Continue Reading
Substantial crown land grants, given to the Loyalists, an assortment of British settlers, and to a miscellaneous hodgepodge of opportunist supporters of the English monarchy, were nothing short of staggering. Continue Reading
On February 9, 2018, HM Treasury (Her Majesty’s Treasury) via its Twitter account, from London, tweeted a most extraordinary bit of news. It told the British public that the money Continue Reading
