Cotton Tree Law – Blessed Be The Law of the Elders
Apparently, the Great Silk Cotton Tree, that once stood on Bay Street, came from South Carolina courtesy of a British man. It fits with the historical time line of the Continue Reading
Brits Give £50,000 to Bahamas to Grow a Weed 1943
Sansevieria, or devil’s tongue, is an ugly plant. It is green for sure, but that’s about it. Spiders, and other nasty little creepy crawlers love to make their home in Continue Reading
Negro Life and Burdens of Emancipation 1888
By the year 1888, almost a whole generation had come and gone since emancipation, and the shameful apprenticeship system, which fell apart under the weight of rebellious negro labourers. The Continue Reading
Mango, Breadfruit, Ball Apple (Watermelon) and other trees Introduced to Bahamas 1789
Well, that settles that. That, of course, being the long standing debate over what, and what was not indigenous to the Bahamas when Columbus stumbled upon its shores. Did the Continue Reading
£500,000 Government Farm Project Abandoned on Andros 1953
Self-sustaining food and livestock production has always been a difficult objective for the Bahamas. Throughout its modern history, one agricultural project after the other, began with great applause, but in Continue Reading