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*In 1648, the first English settlers arrived on the islands. Known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutheran_Adventurers '''Eleutherian Adventurers''']. They migrated from Bermuda seeking greater religious freedom. These English Puritans established the first permanent European settlement on an island which they named 'Eleuthera', Greek for 'freedom'. They later settled New Providence, naming it Sayle's Island. Life proved harder than envisaged however, and many chose to return to Bermuda. To survive, the remaining settlers salvaged goods from wrecks. | *In 1648, the first English settlers arrived on the islands. Known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutheran_Adventurers '''Eleutherian Adventurers''']. They migrated from Bermuda seeking greater religious freedom. These English Puritans established the first permanent European settlement on an island which they named 'Eleuthera', Greek for 'freedom'. They later settled New Providence, naming it Sayle's Island. Life proved harder than envisaged however, and many chose to return to Bermuda. To survive, the remaining settlers salvaged goods from wrecks. | ||
*The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. | *The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. | ||
*After the | *After US independence, the British resettled some '''7,300 Loyalists with their African slaves''' in The Bahamas, including 2,000 from New York and at least 1,033 '''European''', 2,214 African ancestrals and a few '''Native American Creeks from East Florida'''. Most of the refugees resettled from New York had fled from other colonies, including West Florida, which the Spanish captured during the war. The government granted land to the planters to help compensate for losses on the continent. | ||
*The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807; slavery in The Bahamas was abolished in 1834. Subsequently, The Bahamas became a '''haven for freed African slaves'''. | *The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807; slavery in The Bahamas was abolished in 1834. Subsequently, The Bahamas became a '''haven for freed African slaves'''. | ||
*'''Africans liberated from illegal slave ships''' were resettled on the islands by the Royal Navy. | *'''Africans liberated from illegal slave ships''' were resettled on the islands by the Royal Navy. | ||
*Some '''North American slaves and Seminoles escaped to The Bahamas from Florida'''. Bahamians were even known to | *Some '''North American slaves and Seminoles escaped to The Bahamas from Florida'''. Bahamians were even known to recognize the freedom of enslaved people carried by the ships of other nations which reached The Bahamas. | ||
*Today '''Afro-Bahamians''' make up 90% of the population of 332,634. | *Today '''Afro-Bahamians''' make up 90% of the population of 332,634. | ||
*From 1940-1966, contract agricultural laborers recruited to work in Florida and the adjacent states.<ref>"The Bahamas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas, accessed 14 July 2021.</ref> | *From 1940-1966, contract agricultural laborers recruited to work in Florida and the adjacent states.<ref>"The Bahamas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas, accessed 14 July 2021.</ref> | ||