The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
There are no statues to the many innocents, who have died at the hands of predators, pedophiles and domestic brutalisers. There are no memorial days. There are no annual minute Continue Reading
Savaletta Lewis Hanna died of a stroke on 30th December 1953. She was 80 years old. Savaletta would have been born in 1873 – before electricity, the telephone, even before Continue Reading
In 1808, three women, Flora, Maria and Mackay, all slaves, offer an altogether common picture surrounding the institution of slavery in The Bahamas. Strange dichotomies existed. Beaten, sold, branded, as 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
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
