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Jan 15 2023

Sidney Poitier sadly loses father and brother then gets letter over unpaid funeral expenses 1961

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TIME IN HISTORY 1492 A.D.

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TIME in History ~ 1647 A.D.

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Happy Constitution Day Bahama Islands!

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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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Priscilla Munnings, Free Black Woman, Hanged In 1825 Convicted Under Copyright Law

Why was Priscilla Munnings, a free black woman, hanged in August 1825, under a 1710 British copyright law – the Statute of 12 Anne? The case of King v Priscilla Continue Reading

Posted On : January 5, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Almost Failed Suicides… A Long Bahamian History of Despair in So-Called Paradise

A long, miserable history of suicide lies buried in Bahamian history. Something about the promise of so-called paradise never quite resonated for some. Truth is, Island life has always been Continue Reading

Posted On : December 16, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Boy Eaten By Dogs, Man Eaten By Sharks and A Face Slashed To Ribbons – 1887

In 1887, Adelaide was a small, but growing settlement. Residents there were farmers. Cutoff from the city of Nassau by long, rocky impassable pathways and thick brush, the best and Continue Reading

Posted On : December 13, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Ruth Married William Munnings, After He Comes Out Of Jail For ‘Chapping’ Her Mother With Cutlass in 1949 – Then He Murders Her Child and Hangs in 1959

Domestic violence always has a long, sad and brutal history. It is a phenomenon which pays itself forward. It is never static. It moves within and throughout families, communities, even Continue Reading

Posted On : November 29, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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William Shot Daughter Willamae, Afterward Was More Concerned His Puppy Was Okay 1959

Domestic violence shapes a nation, as much as, any given social or economic factor. It gouges out a brutal place in a nation’s psyche, leaving all manner of jagged edges Continue Reading

Posted On : November 28, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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