The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
In 1836, a shocking case of domestic violence, a murder-suicide, was revealed, during a Coroner’s Inquest on Monday 22nd August 1836. There are some particularly interesting details to this sad Continue Reading
By May 1905, Eustace Duvallier, a native of Haiti, had been living, with his mother and sister for four years. Mrs. Duvallier, it was noted, was a native of Inagua. Continue Reading
Across the ocean prostitutes, have been plying the world’s oldest trade, in The Bahamas, for a very long time. The foreign hooker industry has become almost as traditional, even expected Continue Reading
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
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
