The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
Among the after-effects of January 1967— a tumultuous period in Bahamian political history, known as ‘The Quiet Revolution,’ —-some very bright young minds began to shine. Revolution, in Bahamian terms, Continue Reading
‘Who run you hot’ is a common Bahamian saying. It simply means, who or what has made you angry… really angry! In 1975, during a debate in the House of Continue Reading
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
The fate of mulatto children —the children of white slaveowners— was as precarious as any other slave. All depended on the sensibilities of the owners. Some slaveowners sold off their Continue Reading
In 1906, the Harriet Tubman Union held a reception, in Boston, for Mrs. Annie W. Dillet, President of the Bahama Islands Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The great historical question now Continue Reading
