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  2. Afro-Bahamians - Wikipedia

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    The Caledonia operated out of Nassau in The Bahamas. [6] Afro-Bahamians in Nassau, circa 1900. In the 1820s, hundreds of African American slaves and Seminoles escaped from Cape Florida to the Bahamas, settling mostly on northwest Andros Island, where they developed the village of Red Bays. In 1823, 300 slaves escaped in a mass flight aided by ...

  3. Conch fritter - Wikipedia

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    Conch, especially in fritter form, has been widely consumed in The Bahamas since the settlement of the islands by the Lucayan people although the increasing harvest of juvenile conches has negatively impacted their population. [2] The dish is popular in Bahamian restaurants and was described by Time as "the Bahamas' own original fast food". [3]

  4. Andros, The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. National Park Service is working with The Bahamas, particularly the African Bahamanian Museum and Research Center (ABAC) in Nassau, to develop interpretive programs at Red Bays, Andros as an international site connected to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Trail, which American slaves used to escape to freedom.

  5. Category:Bahamian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Bahamian cuisine" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Nassau Royale; O. Old sour; P. Pea soup; R. Rice and peas; S ...

  6. Nassau Public Library - Wikipedia

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    The Nassau Public Library and Museum, in Nassau, is the largest and oldest of five libraries in the Bahamas.The library was founded in 1837, when the Bahamas Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge was combined with a reading society.

  7. Public holidays in the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    It is usually listed with the emancipation of slavery in 1836 and independence from Great Britain in 1973 as the most important events in the history of the Bahamas. [4] Became an official public holiday in 2014. Celebrated with dancing in streets and feasts of traditional Bahamian cuisine. [5] Friday before Easter Sunday: Good Friday

  8. Raid on Nassau (1720) - Wikipedia

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    The Raid on Nassau was a Spanish military expedition that took place in February 1720 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance wherein Spanish forces assaulted the British settlement of Nassau in an attempt to seize the island of New Providence. Although the Spanish managed to raid outlying posts, the assault on Nassau itself was repelled and ...

  9. Capital punishment in the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment in the Bahamas is a legal punishment, and is conducted by hanging at Fox Hill Prison. [1] The last execution in the country was on January 6, 2000. [1] As of August 2012, only one convict, Mario Flowers, was under the sentence of death. Flowers' death sentence was commuted in 2016. [2]

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