The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
By March 1833, the Bahamas Assembly, who unequivocally loathed Governor, Sir James Carmichael Smyth, had succeeded in having his governorship revoked. Carmichael Smyth was an abolitionist, sent by the British, Continue Reading
Castletown Roberts, a slave, was hung on August 5th, 1834. It was a Tuesday. Castletown was hung, from the top terrace level of the Nassau prison, what is now the Continue Reading
Mary Ann was a slave on the island of Exuma. She was the property of Henderson Ferguson, who became a Member of the Assembly for Exuma, in 1819. In March Continue Reading
On 22nd June, 1832, a statue of Christopher Columbus, was unveiled, at Government House for the very first time. While it stood there, some 189 years and counting… all manner Continue Reading
In January 1830, Murray G. Farquharson, a free, person of colour, was politically gifted with one of the highest honours a man could have, in The Bahamas, at that time. Continue Reading
