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Bahaman History
The first definite evidence of human settlement in the
Bahamas dates to the 7th century AD. A seafaring
people, the Taino (who later came to be known to Europeans as
"Lucayans") are known to have migrated into the archipelago
from Hispaniola and Cuba.
Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the New World at
San Salvador Island (also known as Watling's Island) in the southern
Bahamas in 1492. There is believed to have been
a population of around 40,000 Lucayans at the time of Columbus' landing,
but within a quarter century, the entire people had been virtually eliminated
by disease, warfare, and deportation and the imposition of slavery
(many Lucayans were taken to Hispaniola as slaves).
English settlers began to arrive in the Bahamas in
1647, which were by that time, virtually unoccupied. The islands became
a British crown colony in 1717, and following the American Revolution
(1775 to 1783), around 8,000 loyalists and their slaves arrived in
the islands. After the ending of slavery on the islands in 1834,
the population was further boosted by a steady trickle of fugitive
slaves from the United States.
Britain granted full internal self-government to the islands
in
1964,
and in
1973,
the islands became fully independent (although remaining a member of
the Commonwealth of Nations, and with the British Queen,
Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of the Bahamas).
The Bahamas
joined CARICOM (at the time called "Caribbean Community and Common Market")
in 1974,
and after many years of prolonged economic growth,
today has the 3rd highest GDP in the western hemisphere
(after the
United States and
Canada).
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By Colleen Madonna Flood Williams
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Introduces the Bahamas, describing its history, politics, culture, and geography. |
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By Steve Dodge
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This expanded and updated third edition has new sections, and many revisions. This is the only general, comprehensive history of Abaco, Bahamas available; it covers from the geologic formation of the Bahama Banks to the middle 1990s. It is easy and interesting to read and reads more like a novel than a history text. Cover art by Randy Curry,; illustrations by Laurie Jones. 112 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Appendix on boat building in Abaco. |
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By Michael Craton
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By Michael Craton
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By Michael Craton
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From two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. Islanders in the Stream is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. Divided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts of Columbus’s first landfall in the New World on San Salvador island, his voyage through the Bahamas, and the ensuing disastrous collision of European and native Arawak cultures. Covering the islands’ initial settlement, the second section ranges from the initial European incursions and the first English settlements through the lawless era of pirate misrule to Britain’s official takeover and development of the colony in the eighteenth century. The third, and largest, section offers a full analysis of Bahamian slave society through the great influx of Empire Loyalists and their slaves at the end of the American Revolution to the purported achievement of full freedom for the slaves in 1838. This work is both a pioneering social history and a richly illustrated narrative modifying previous Eurocentric interpretations of the islands’ early history. Written to appeal to Bahamians as well as all those interested in Caribbean history, Islanders in the Stream looks at the islands and their people in their fullest contexts, constituting not just the most thorough view of Bahamian history to date but a major contribution to Caribbean historiography. |
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By Sampson Jerry
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The Bahamas stands out among the Commonwealth Caribbean nations because of its relative wealth and prosperity, political stability, and close proximity to the United States. The Bahamas also bears the distinction of being the first of the Caribbean islands discovered by Columbus in 1492, Find out more on Bahamas, and its Economy, government, People, Tourism and more the entire history of Bahamas, from its creation |
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By Denny Curry
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The Churches of Christ in The Bahamas was initially established in 1948 when Carl Strahan was baptized in Minnesota while working as a contracted laborer. On returning to The Bahamas he eventually left the Church of God and formed a small congregation on Lily of the Valley corner supported by the Seventh Ave. Church of Christ in Miami, Florida. A major event in the history of the movement occurred when William Miller was baptized by an American evangelist by the name of Benny Morton in July of 1954. During the formative years the church faced many obstacles including the lack of a permanent building, financial issues and struggles with wayward members, competition from established denominations and a dependency on foreign missionary support. By the early 1960s a small core of dedicated members had emerged that would remain in tact throughout the next two decades.
The 1980s was a period of unprecedented expansion and change. Additional congregations were begun in the Family islands, most notably Abaco and Grand Bahama. Moreover, the influx of younger, dynamic members provided the impetus to further growth and the development of youth centered programs. However, a growing generational gap would eventually lead to the fragmentation of the congregation and eventually cause splits to occur by the beginning of 1991. In recent years the churches have recouped from these splits and began to address the spiritual needs of communities throughout the Bahamas. Despite the various challenges throughout the last 50 years, the Churches of Christ, have proven to be resourceful, resilient and resolved in bringing the gospel truth to the masses.
While the book serves as a chronology of the history of the Churches of Christ in The Bahamas, its value goes beyond the movement in question. It provides a window into the social history and life-ways of ordinary people within The Bahamas at a time of unprecedented social and political change including the crucial adjustment from colony to independent nation in 1973. Therefore the book has additional value for the social historian as well as the larger reading public interested in the Caribbean. Indeed we can all relate to the struggles of people searching for their place and identity amidst the currents of global change. |
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By Michael Craton
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The present work concludes the important and monumental undertaking of Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, creating the most thorough and comprehensive history yet written of a Caribbean country and its people. In the first volume Michael Craton and Gail Saunders traced the developments of a unique archipelagic nation from aboriginal times to the period just before emancipation. This long-awaited second volume offers a description and interpretation of the social developments of the Bahamas in the years from 1830 to the present. Volume Two divides this period into three chronological sections, dealing first with adjustments to emancipation by former masters and former slaves between 1834 and 1900, followed by a study of the slow process of modernization between 1900 and 1973 that combines a systematic study of the stimulus of social change, a candid examination of current problems, and a penetrating but sympathetic analysis of what makes the Bahamas and Bahamians distinctive in the world. This work is an eminent product of the New Social History, intended for Bahamians, others interested in the Bahamas, and scholars alike. It skillfully interweaves generalizations and regional comparisons with particular examples, drawn from travelers' accounts, autobiographies, private letters, and the imaginative reconstruction of official dispatches and newspaper reports. Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and original maps, it stands as a model for forthcoming histories of similar small ex-colonial nations in the region. |
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