When news of Sir Harry Oakes’ murder broke to the world on the morning of July, 8, 1943, one man was more concerned than most. He was the Duke of Windsor, then Governor of the British colony, whose job it was to ensure that the killer was caught and brought to justice. Although many believe… Continue reading Blood and Fire
Book Category: History
A History of the Bahamian People
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… Continue reading A History of the Bahamian People
Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960
The Bahamas in the post-emancipation period — Bahamian society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: class, race, and ethnicity — Gradual changes in the Bahamas, 1880-1914 — World War I and prohibition — The 1930s and the depression: tourism and restlessness — World War II and the 1942 Nassau riot — The formative… Continue reading Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960