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May 11 2022

Largest Land Transfer Since Columbus Come Tief Up All We Land – H. G. Christie Transfers 2,800 Acres To E. P. Taylor of Lyford Cay 1956

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TIME IN HISTORY 1492 A.D.

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TIME in History ~ 1647 A.D.

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

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After emancipation, there was once a place named Freetown, Eleuthera

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Loftus Roker told ‘boy come back when you grow up’ withdraws from election 1956

In 1956, the newly formed Progressive Liberal Party were actively preparing for the June general elections. The Party, was effectively trying to downplay the political damage, caused by PLP co-founder, Continue Reading

Posted On : May 11, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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PLP Founder Forced To Resign From HOA After Sentenced To Four Years For Multiple Land Scams 1956

William W. Cartwright was elected, as the Member for Cat Island, in the 1949. Cartwright ran as an Independent. He was a one term representative. Seven years later, in February Continue Reading

Posted On : May 11, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Nerve Gas Ship Dump Cargo Near Abaco Brings Unexpected Opportunity To Whisper Independence – 16th August 1970

By 1970, some twenty-five years had passed since the Second Great War. Memories were beginning to fade. The great reconstruction of Europe, Japan, and other places, soon erased war time Continue Reading

Posted On : March 25, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Soldier Road was Whitfield’s Road and Bernard Road was Bannard’s Road and Wulff Road was Wolf’s Road 1853

In 1853, James Malcolm claimed ownership of lands which contained: Whitfield’s Road, now called Soldier Road; and Bannard’s Road, now respelled as Bernard Road; and Wolf’s Road, now rewritten as Continue Reading

Posted On : March 4, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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First Bahamian Knighted in 1873 Dies From Mystery Mental Illness 1879

Sir William Henry Doyle was 50 years old, a proper age, all things considered, when, in 1873, he became the first Bahamian to be knighted, at Buckingham Palace by Queen Continue Reading

Posted On : February 8, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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