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Bahamas (English)

Puritan refugees, then proprietors, then pirates, then the Crown.

A crown colony from 1718; swelled by Loyalist refugees after the American Revolution.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Bahamas (English) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1648 · 1718.

Further reading

• A History of the Bahamas Michael Craton · 1962

  The standard one-volume history of the Bahamas from Puritan refugees through pirates to crown colony.

• Islanders in the Stream Michael Craton · 1992

  A two-volume social history of the Bahamian people, including the Loyalist influx after the American Revolution.

Sources

• The Bahamas — Wikipedia