The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
In the Bahamas, prior to 1950, the word extortion was probably used as much as the word Jupiter. Few knew what extortion, or even what Jupiter meant for that matter. Continue Reading
It was in 1655, under the rule of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, that the British took Jamaica from the Spanish. It wasn’t even a fair fight. Around 7,000 English Continue Reading
On Wednesday, May 20th., 1964, around 7:00 p.m. or so in the evening, somewhere in Over-the-Hill, Nassau, Rueben Rolle, a thirty-year old negro carpenter, was loading his shotgun. Over-the-Hill, characterised Continue Reading
During slavery, there was one singular, openly declared, and lawfully protected rule in the West Indies. It was that the relationship between master and slave, as owner was to property, Continue Reading
A most important question has been posed to Bahamianology.com – “What was slavery like in other British colonies and around the Caribbean as a whole?” In terms of comparative research Continue Reading
