{"title":"Bahamas","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bahamas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"rt-commentedText nowrap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups noexcerpt\" lang=\"en-fonipa\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\" title=\"Help:IPA\/English\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\"\u003e\/\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'b' in 'buy'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ə\/: 'a' in 'about'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eə\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/: primary stress follows\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'h' in 'hi'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɑː\/: 'a' in 'father'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eɑː\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'m' in 'my'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003em\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ə\/: 'a' in 'about'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eə\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'z' in 'zoom'\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"unicode haudio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:En-us-Bahamas.ogg\" title=\"About this sound\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:En-us-Bahamas.ogg\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Loudspeaker.svg\/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Loudspeaker.svg\/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Loudspeaker.svg\/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"20\" data-file-height=\"20\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Loudspeaker.svg\/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/72\/En-us-Bahamas.ogg\" class=\"internal\" title=\"En-us-Bahamas.ogg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/72\/En-us-Bahamas.ogg\"\u003elisten\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), officially the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommonwealth of The Bahamas\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-12\"\u003e[12]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Island_country\" title=\"Island country\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Island_country\"\u003eisland country\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewithin the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_Archipelago\" title=\"Lucayan Archipelago\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_Archipelago\"\u003eLucayan Archipelago\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Indies\" title=\"West Indies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Indies\"\u003eWest Indies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Ocean\" title=\"Atlantic Ocean\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Ocean\"\u003eNorth Atlantic\u003c\/a\u003e. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archipelagic_state\" title=\"Archipelagic state\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archipelagic_state\"\u003earchipelagic state\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econsists of more than 3,000\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Island\" title=\"Island\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Island\"\u003eislands\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cay\" title=\"Cay\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cay\"\u003ecays\u003c\/a\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islet\" title=\"Islet\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islet\"\u003eislets\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" title=\"Cuba\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\"\u003eCuba\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand northwest of the island of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispaniola\" title=\"Hispaniola\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispaniola\"\u003eHispaniola\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(split between the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" title=\"Dominican Republic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\"\u003eDominican Republic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\" title=\"Haiti\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\"\u003eHaiti\u003c\/a\u003e) and the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands\" title=\"Turks and Caicos Islands\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands\"\u003eTurks and Caicos Islands\u003c\/a\u003e, southeast of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._state\" title=\"U.S. state\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._state\"\u003eU.S. state\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" title=\"Florida\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\"\u003eFlorida\u003c\/a\u003e, and east of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida_Keys\" title=\"Florida Keys\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida_Keys\"\u003eFlorida Keys\u003c\/a\u003e. The capital is\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassau,_Bahamas\" title=\"Nassau, Bahamas\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassau,_Bahamas\"\u003eNassau\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon the island of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Providence\" title=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Providence\"\u003eNew Providence\u003c\/a\u003e. The\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force\" title=\"Royal Bahamas Defence Force\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force\"\u003eRoyal Bahamas Defence Force\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edescribes The Bahamas' territory as encompassing 470,000 km\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bahama Islands were inhabited by the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_people\" title=\"Lucayan people\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_people\"\u003eLucayans\u003c\/a\u003e, a branch of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arawakan\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Arawakan\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arawakan\"\u003eArawakan\u003c\/a\u003e-\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taino_language\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Taino language\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taino_language\"\u003espeaking\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ta%C3%ADno\" title=\"Taíno\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ta%C3%ADno\"\u003eTaíno\u003c\/a\u003e, for many centuries.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_–_The_Bahamas_13-0\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\"\u003e[13]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Columbus\" title=\"Christopher Columbus\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Columbus\"\u003eChristopher Columbus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_World\" title=\"New World\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_World\"\u003eNew World\u003c\/a\u003e\" in 1492 when he landed on the island of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Salvador_Island\" title=\"San Salvador Island\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Salvador_Island\"\u003eSan Salvador\u003c\/a\u003e. Later, the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" title=\"Spain\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\"\u003eSpanish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshipped the native Lucayans to and enslaved them on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispaniola\" title=\"Hispaniola\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispaniola\"\u003eHispaniola\u003c\/a\u003e, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, nearly all\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_people\" title=\"Lucayan people\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucayan_people\"\u003enative Bahamians\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehaving been forcibly removed for enslavement or having died of diseases that Europeans brought to the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Bahamas\" title=\"History of the Bahamas\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Bahamas\"\u003eislands\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1649,\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-History_of_The_Bahamas_14-0\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-History_of_The_Bahamas-14\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-History_of_The_Bahamas-14\"\u003e[14]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_England\" title=\"Kingdom of England\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_England\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecolonists from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda\" title=\"Bermuda\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda\"\u003eBermuda\u003c\/a\u003e, known as the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleutheran_Adventurers\" title=\"Eleutheran Adventurers\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleutheran_Adventurers\"\u003eEleutheran Adventurers\u003c\/a\u003e, settled on the island of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleuthera\" title=\"Eleuthera\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleuthera\"\u003eEleuthera\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bahamas became a\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" title=\"Kingdom of Great Britain\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\"\u003eBritish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_colony\" title=\"Crown colony\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_colony\"\u003ecrown colony\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1718, when the British clamped down on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piracy\" title=\"Piracy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piracy\"\u003epiracy\u003c\/a\u003e. After the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" title=\"American Revolutionary War\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\"\u003eAmerican Revolutionary War\u003c\/a\u003e, the Crown resettled thousands of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Loyalists\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"American Loyalists\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Loyalists\"\u003eAmerican Loyalists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the Bahamas; they took enslaved people with them and established\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plantation\" title=\"Plantation\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plantation\"\u003eplantations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon land grants. Enslaved Africans and their descendants constituted the majority of the population from this period on. The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_the_Bahamas\" title=\"Slavery in the Bahamas\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_the_Bahamas\"\u003eslavery in the Bahamas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas 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\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" title=\"Royal Navy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\"\u003eRoyal Navy\u003c\/a\u003e, while some\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_North_America\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Slavery in North America\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_North_America\"\u003eNorth American slaves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seminole\" title=\"Seminole\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seminole\"\u003eSeminoles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eescaped 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 Black-Bahamians make up 90% of the population of 400,516.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_–_The_Bahamas_13-1\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\"\u003e[13]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe country gained governmental independence in 1973, led by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynden_Pindling\" title=\"Lynden Pindling\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynden_Pindling\"\u003eSir Lynden O. Pindling\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_III\" title=\"Charles III\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_III\"\u003eCharles III\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis currently\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy_of_the_Bahamas\" title=\"Monarchy of the Bahamas\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy_of_the_Bahamas\"\u003eits monarch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_–_The_Bahamas_13-2\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_%E2%80%93_The_Bahamas-13\"\u003e[13]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn terms of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gross_domestic_product\" title=\"Gross domestic product\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gross_domestic_product\"\u003egross domestic product\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eper capita, The Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Americas\" title=\"Americas\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Americas\"\u003eAmericas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and offshore finance.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-ReferenceA_15-0\" class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-ReferenceA-15\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas#cite_note-ReferenceA-15\"\u003e[15]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSource: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas \u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"s22-g06-0030-coins-of-all-nations-25-cent-1979-km63-1-bahamas","title":"S22-G06-0030 Coins Of All Nations 25 Cent  1979 KM63.1  Bahamas","description":"\u003cp\u003eS22-G06-0030 Coins Of All Nations 25 Cent  1979 KM63.1  Bahamas\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collect and More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55138976498041,"sku":"S22-G06-0030","price":4.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/files\/S22-G06-0030A.jpg?v=1745238637"},{"product_id":"s19-za1-0167-bahamas-10-cents-1974-km61-unc","title":"S19-ZA1-0167 Bahamas 10 Cents 1974  KM61 UNC","description":"\u003cp\u003eS19-ZA1-0167 Bahamas 10 Cents 1974  KM61 UNC \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collect and More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56555283218809,"sku":"S19-ZA1-0167","price":1.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/files\/S19-ZA1-0167A.jpg?v=1769351424"},{"product_id":"s21-lat-0001-m18-bahamas-1-cent-unc-2009-km-218-2","title":"S21-LAT-0001-M18 Bahamas 1 Cent UNC 2009 KM 218.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eS21-LAT-0001-M18 Bahamas 1 Cent UNC 2009 KM 218.2    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collect and More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56866566504825,"sku":"S21-LAT-0001-M18","price":0.55,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/files\/S21-LAT-0001A_df122f23-8b86-48eb-b254-55cca10206eb.jpg?v=1773749626"},{"product_id":"s21-lat-0002-m06-bahamas-5-cents-unc-2005-km-60","title":"S21-LAT-0002-M06 Bahamas 5 Cents UNC 2005 KM 60","description":"\u003cp\u003eS21-LAT-0002-M06 Bahamas 5 Cents UNC 2005 KM 60  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collect and More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56866566537593,"sku":"S21-LAT-0002-M06","price":0.65,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/files\/S21-LAT-0002A_da8c4d5b-619a-4f56-a704-e4642688afaa.jpg?v=1773749627"},{"product_id":"s21-lat-0004-m19-bahamas-10-cents-unc-2007-km-219","title":"S21-LAT-0004-M19 Bahamas 10 Cents UNC 2007 KM 219","description":"\u003cp\u003eS21-LAT-0004-M19 Bahamas 10 Cents UNC 2007 KM 219  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collect and More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56866566570361,"sku":"S21-LAT-0004-M19","price":0.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/files\/S21-LAT-0004A_f39f87bc-7157-4ddd-9ee4-185b4fea7cd4.jpg?v=1773749628"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/1188\/8578\/collections\/flag-of-the-bahamas-clip-art-flag-fd548239f8002bddb1583e1f98a3c7ec.png?v=1687034574","url":"https:\/\/collectandmore.com\/collections\/bahamas.oembed","provider":"Collect and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}