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Jan 15 2023

Sidney Poitier sadly loses father and brother then gets letter over unpaid funeral expenses 1961

Aug 17 2017

TIME IN HISTORY 1492 A.D.

Aug 17 2017

TIME in History ~ 1647 A.D.

Aug 17 2017

Happy Constitution Day Bahama Islands!

Aug 17 2017

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

Aug 18 2017

After emancipation, there was once a place named Freetown, Eleuthera

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Cyril Poitier (1911-1991) Brother Who Help To Raise Sir Sidney Poitier in Miami Died in 1991 at 80 years old

Cyril Poitier, was the eldest of eight brothers and sisters, born to Reginald and Evelyn Poitier of Cat Island. Cyril died on 13th November 1991 at the age of 80. Continue Reading

Posted On : January 12, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Foreign Hookers On Wulff Road Selling Wares for $7 – Case Dismissed Even Though Police Catch Them in the act 1967

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

Posted On : January 11, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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60 Government Schools, 27 Private Schools, 4 High Schools, 280 Churches in population of just 55,190 – Bahamas 1902

In 1902, the Bahama Islands, per capita, was probably the most educated and most churched country/colony in the world. Population 1902:—- 55,190 The total number of children enrolled in education Continue Reading

Posted On : January 8, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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‘The New Year’ 30th December 1899 Poem by Arthur E. Leslie

In 1899, Arthur E. Leslie, a coloured man, was a music and mathematics teacher in Savannah Sound, Eleuthera. Leslie was an accomplished pianist and poet. By 1905, he was appointed Continue Reading

Posted On : December 31, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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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 bodied men in the Colony. Men were needed to maintain Continue Reading

Posted On : December 25, 2021 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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