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Special Collections: Loyalists in the Bahamas

Special Collections is a closed access area which houses all materials with a Bahamian orientation whether about the Bahamas or written by a Bahamian author.

Overview

After the American War of Independence ended in 1783, persons who wanted to remain loyal to Britian  left North America and settled in the Bahamas which was a British Colony. These loyalist brought with them influences and well as the cultures of their slaves who accompanied them.  This influx of Loyalists  impacted most aspects of The Bahamian society; religion, education, government, population and much more. The effects of which  are still evident today.Loyalist Influence in Nassau - Nassau in the Atlantic World

Book Sources

Craton, M. (1986). A history of the Bahamas. San Salvador Press. Harry C. Moore Library B F1656 .C72 1986

Craton, M. (2007). A-Z of Bahamas Heritage. Macmillan Caribbean. Harry C. Moore Library B F1656 .C713 2007

Craton, M., & Saunders G. (1992). Islanders in the stream: A history of the Bahamian people. The University of Georgia Press. Harry C. Moore Library B F1656 .C72 1992 v.1

Curry, C. (2017). Freedom and resistance: A social history of black loyalists in the Bahamas. University Press of Florida. Harry C. Moore Library B F1660 .B55 C87 2017

Curry, C.E. (2011). Liberty extended, liberty denied: The black loyalist quest for freedom in the Bahamas [Doctoral Thesis, University of Connecticut] Harry C. Moore Library B. Diss F1657 .C87 2011

Dodge, S. (1979). The first loyalist settlements in Abaco: Carleton and Marsh’s Harbour. Wyannie Malone Historical Museum. Harry C. Moore Library MC F1659 .G73 D6 1979

James, W.H. (2011). Exuma: the loyalist years: 1783-1834. Media Enterprises Ltd. Harry C. Moore Library B F1659 .E9 J39 2011

Riley, S. (1983). Homeward bound: a history of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a definite study of Abaco in American Loyalist plantation period. Island Research. Harry C. Moore Library B F1656 .R55 1983

Saunders, G. (1983). Bahamian loyalists and their slaves. Macmillan Education Ltd. Harry C. Moore Library B F1657 .S38 1983

Saunders, G. (1985). Slavery in The Bahamas 1648-1838. Harry C. Moore Library B HT1105 .B29 S38 1985

Shepherd, V.A. (2002). Working slavery, pricing freedom: Perspectives from the Caribbean, Africa and the African Diaspora. Ian Randle Publishers. Harry C. Moore Library MC HT1105 .C37 W67 2002b

Shirley, P. D. (2011). Migration, freedom and enslavement in the revolutionary Atlantic: The Bahamas, 1783-c. 1800 [Doctoral Thesis, UCL] Harry C. Moore Library B. Diss HT1105 .B3 S55 2011

Tinker, K.L. (2012). The African diaspora to the Bahamas: The story of the migration of people of African descent to the Bahamas. Friesen Press. Harry C. Moore Library B JV7329.3 .T55 2012

Toth, C. W. (1975). The American Revolution and the West Indies. Kennikat Press. Harry C. Moore Library MC E263.W5 A44 1975

Print Journals

Bowe, R. M. (1983). Colonel Andrew Deveaux, Jr. 1758-1812. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1) p.29-30.

Brooker, C. (2011). John Wood on Long Island, The Bahamas, 1790-1802. Preliminary notes on the architecture of a Loyalist plantation. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 33 p.28-37.

Burton, J.D. (2004). American loyalists, slaves and the creation of an Afro-Bahamian world: Sandy Point Plantation and the Prince Storr murder case. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 26 p.13-22.

Curry, C. (2011). The black loyalist struggle for freedom in the Bahamas. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 33 p.41-48.

Laurie W. A., and Farnsworth, P. (1997). Daily life on a loyalist plantation: results of the 1996 excavations at Clifton Plantation.  Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1) p.2-18.

Memorial Sculpture Garden: Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.  Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1) p.35

Sandra R. (1980). W.E. Armbrister’s loyalist heritage. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 2(1), 3-10.

Sandra R. (1983). A loyalist family: the Curry family genealogy.  Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1) p.16-19.

Saunders D. G. (1983). The Loyalists-general influences.  Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1), 3-10.

Turner, G. (1998). Plantation archaeology in The Bahamas: an overview. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 20 p.11-17.

Williams, P. (1983). The Loyalists and their settlements. Journal of The Bahamas Historical Society, 5(1) p.11-15.

Vertical File

Exuma: “a loyalist haven”, by Dr. Gail Saunders. The Nassau Guardian, Wednesday, December 13 2006.

The loyalist transformation of The Bahamas. The Nassau Guardian, Saturday, January 24, 2004.

Loyalists made a great impact on the Bahama Islands. October 20, 1986.

The early settlers and loyalists in Bahamas, by Sandra Riley. The Tribune, May 19, 1982.

The American loyalists in the Bahama Islands: who they were, by Thelma Peters. Florida Historical Quarterly Vol.40. no.3 1962 p.226-240. Also available from https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A9622

The loyalist migration from east Florida to The Bahama Islands, by Thelma Peters. Florida Historical Quarterly Vol.40. no.2 1961 p.123-141 Also available from https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A9622