The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
Slavery had been abolished in the British West Indies in 1834. By 1863, some 29 years later, a new generation of Bahamians, born after this time knew nothing of it, Continue Reading
Were there affluent, educated free blacks, during slavery in the Bahamas? Simple probabilities say there must have been. Could there have been a free black man, acting as an Attorney, Continue Reading
How did black women and women of colour obtain their freedom and come to possess their own slaves? How were these women manumitted? Were they born free…? Probably not. How Continue Reading
If truth be told, Sir Harry Oakes wasted his life and fortune in the Bahamas. He was neither mourned, nor remembered, save only by his family, if that. The white, Continue Reading
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
