Although the Bahamas is geographically part of the West Indies, its population has consistently rejected attempts to link Bahamian national identity to the hist

Originally published in 1992, this text considers out-migration from the Caribbean in an analytical manner. Its comparative approach, involving three islands (J

For review see: Jorge Duany, in Caribbean studies, vol. 23, nr. 3-4 (1990); p. 160-165.

Current historiography on aspects of Bahamian history presents limited research on the African presence in the islands, irrespective of the fact that arguably 8