Pindling Snatches Immigration From DPM Hanna, Pulls Finance from Carlton Francis – February 1973

In 1973, within the quiet revolution of tremendous sociopolitical change, there was also turmoil brewing within the political inner circle ...

PLP Party was born on East Street not Long Island 1953

They may have been Long Island boys by birth, but the political party they founded, was born, in an old ...

Doris Johnson, a modern, emancipated woman 1964, posthumously a National Hero in 2023

Dame Doris Johnson (1921-1983) was recently posthumously honoured, in the 50th anniversary—2023 Independence National Honours—with the distinguished Order of National ...

Stafford Sands was lawyer behind development of Lyford Cay 1950

When the true history books are finally written on the under the table land deals, government kickbacks, collusion, bribery and ...

National anthem had to be approved by England and that awkward aquamarine we still can’t get right some fifty years later 1973

In the decades following that very first national independence, a debate arose, over the meaning of the black triangle in ...

House of Assembly and Senate 1971-72: PLP, UBP, Free PLP, Labour and Independent

Prior to the general elections of 19th September 1972, an extraordinary group of people sat in the House of Assembly ...

First Woman In Bahamian History to Apply for Jury Service – Mrs. Zoe Maynard 1968

Jury service, was once the sole domain of men of property, in The Bahamas. Despite women finally getting the right ...

Slaves of Prospect Hill Sold including Adam 7 and Charity 3 – May the Ancestors Be Praised 1827

That same Prospect Ridge. That small hill connecting West Bay Street to John F Kennedy Drive, in Nassau, was once ...

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 ...

Bahamas Population 27,519 with 13,071 Vaccinated in 1851

The 1851 census was particularly detailed. Of note, was the need for the government to assess the number of able ...