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Apr 25 2026

“If I Should Die Before I Wake” The Death And Battle For Justice: Cyprian Michael Newry (1956-1984)

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1916 – When spreading fake news was against the law in the Bahama Islands

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TIME IN HISTORY 1492 A.D.

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TIME in History ~ 1647 A.D.

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Happy Constitution Day Bahama Islands!

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The Bahamian Member of Parliament who was an MP for only six short weeks 1962

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Green Turtle Cay People Hardly Bathed And Marsh Harbour Was Just A 1,500 Orange Tree Plantation 1851

In 1851, people from Green Turtle Cay hardly bathed for fear of catching cold. We might laugh at this old wives tale, but in the 1800s, before antibiotics and modern Continue Reading

Posted On : September 18, 2019 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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19th Century Propaganda: Most Poisonous Plant In The Bahamas Linked to Obeah 1888

One day, the principles and teachings of Obeahism, the once ancient practices of African-Caribbean people, will be to the world, what the global resurrection of medicinal marijuana is today. One Continue Reading

Posted On : July 18, 2019 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Cascarilla of the Bahamas Was Once the Marijuana of the Early 1900s

With all the brouhaha surrounding Jamaica and its new medical marijuana export industry, it is easy to forget that the Bahamas once had the opportunity to become a significant medical Continue Reading

Posted On : October 20, 2018 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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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

Posted On : July 28, 2018 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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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

Posted On : July 9, 2018 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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