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*'''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 recognise the freedom of enslaved people carried by the ships of other nations which reached The Bahamas. | *Some '''North American slaves and Seminoles escaped to The Bahamas from Florida'''. Bahamians were even known to recognise 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.<ref>"The Bahamas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas, accessed 14 July 2021.</ | *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> | |||
[[Category:Bahamas]] | [[Category:Bahamas]] | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
[[Category:Bahamas]] | [[Category:Bahamas]] | ||