In 1806, the Bermudian customs authorities went some way toward acknowledging the Bahamian annexation when it ceased to allow free exchange between the Turks and Bermuda ( this affected many enslaved Bermudians, who, like the free ones, had occupied the Turks only seasonally, returning to their homes in Bermuda after the year's raking had finished ).

In 1806, the Bermudian customs authorities went some way toward acknowledging the Bahamian annexation when it ceased to allow free exchange between the Turks and Bermuda ( this affected many enslaved Bermudians, who, like the free ones, had occupied the Turks only seasonally, returning to their homes in Bermuda after the year's raking had finished ).

The highlight of the Games so far for the Bahamian athletes came when Williams-Darling won the 400 meters race on August 24, 2004.

However the island finally gained a stable source of income when in 1955 a Virginian financier named Wallace Groves began redevelopment with the Bahamian government to build the city of Freeport under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement and create the Grand Bahama Port Authority Soon after, the ambitious Edward St. George, with the financial help of Sir Jack Hayward, took the company to new frontiers.

A white Bahamian economist, Sands was branded a racist by many when he left the country, after a black majority government first came to power in 1967, and vowed never to return.

His portrait appeared on the 10 Bahamian dollar note from 2001 until 2005, when it was replaced by that of Queen Elizabeth II.

On December 30, Mabel was at ringside commentating when manager Paul Wylde came out and introduced the “ Bahamian Heavyweight Champion ” " Marly Pride ".

From this time the pirates increasingly made the Bahamian capitol of Nassau, founded in 1694, their base.

In 1982, after CBS report by Brian Ross on U. S. television made public the corruption of Bahamian government leaders, Lehder could not return to Norman's Cay.

Bahamian foods staples such as conch, peas and rice, Johnny cake, and duffs ( especially guava ) continue to be made by Bahamian Americans.

* Online version ( made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida ) of a 1939 WPA exhibit on Bahamian Americans of Florida

The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings.

The Bahamian Government maintains the value of the Bahamian dollar on a par with the U. S. dollar.

The Crown passed this act on to the Bermudian government which objected to it, and which rejected Bahamian jurisdiction over the Turks.

Those regulations, issued as a royal order, stated that all British subjects had the right (" free liberty ") to rake and gather salt on the Turks, providing that they conformed to the regulations, which expressly rejected Bahamian jurisdiction over the Turks.

Despite this refutation by a higher authority of their right to impinge upon Bermudian activities on the Turks, the Bahamian government continued to harass the Bermudians ( unsurprisingly, given the lucrativeness of the Turks salt trade ).

The Bahamian government re-introduced a tax on salt from the Turks, annexed them to the Bahamas, and created a seat in the Bahamian parliament to represent them.

She is represented ceremonially by a Bahamian governor-general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.

It is based on a Bahamian lullaby that tells the story of a mother on her death bed, comforting her children, " Hush little baby, don't you cry ./ You know your mama's bound to die ," because, as she explains, " All my trials, Lord ,/ Soon be over.

He developed a diet drink called " Bahamian Diet Nutritional Drink " and went on TV shows advocating for his diet and to help the morbidly obese.

The two were turned away by Bahamian officials on arrival, however, because they lacked visas ; they returned to Florida that same day.

E. Clement Bethel's master's thesis on traditional Bahamian music was adapted for the stage by his daughter, Nicolette Bethel and Philip A. Burrows.

The Bahamian dollar is pegged to the U. S. dollar on a one-to-one basis.

Although the U. S. dollar ( as any other foreign currency ) is subject to exchange control laws in The Bahamas, the parity between Bahamian dollars and U. S. dollars means that any business will accept either U. S. or Bahamian currency and many of the businesses that serve tourists have extra U. S. dollars on hand for the convenience of American tourists.

All coins now bear the Bahamian Coat of Arms on one side with the words " Commonwealth of The Bahamas " and the date.

The dollar has undergone several revisions in the last twenty years, one of the more notable being an extremely colourful redesign in celebration of the quincentennial of the landing of Christopher Columbus on a Bahamian island he named San Salvador.

The three branches of Bahamian Government-the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary-are all headquartered on New Providence.

The FNM lies on the right of the Bahamian political spectrum.

The Coat of Arms was approved by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on 7th December, 1971 for use by the Bahamian People and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

The album featured a series of vividly dreamlike Williamson songs, such as " The Minotaur's Song ", a surreal music-hall parody told from the point of view of the mythical beast, and its centrepiece was Heron's " A Very Cellular Song ", a 13-minute reflection on life, love and amoebas, its complex structure incorporating a Bahamian spiritual (" I Bid You Goodnight ").

He co-wrote and directed the Independence Pageant, a survey of Bahamian history from pre-Columbian days to Bahamian Independence from Britain, which was performed on the evening leading up to the morning of July 10, 1973.

This included schooners off shore and barges close to the mainland to intercept Cuban and Bahamian traders bringing arms and other supplies to the Seminoles, and smaller boats, down to canoes, for patrolling up rivers and into the Everglades.

It had troubled Bahamian legal authorities in the lead-up to the de Marigny trial that Oakes's body had apparently been moved, a fact ascertained by examination of blood data, which showed blood flowing uphill, according to the case eventually presented by prosecutors.

The Bahamian wreckers drove the Spanish away from their wrecked ships, and even attacked the Spanish salvagers and seized goods the Spanish had already recovered from the wrecks.

Despite this refutation by a higher authority of their right to impinge upon Bermudian activities on the Turks, the Bahamian government continued to harass the Bermudians ( unsurprisingly, given the lucrativeness of the Turks salt trade ).

Bahamian athletes are traditionally strongest in the track and field events, where numerous athletes, including Tonique Williams-Darling, Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson, and Chris Brown all entered the Games as medal contenders in their respective events.

Frances was the first hurricane to impact the entire Bahamian archipelago since 1866, and led to the nearly complete destruction of their agricultural economy.

It is one of only a few Bahamian islands which retain their Lucayan names.

The party was never taken seriously by most Bahamian voters, a fact reflected in their abysmal vote totals.

Using a small plane and a professional pilot, which were stolen not paid for, they began to fly cocaine into the United States via the Bahamas, increasing their financial resources and building connections and trust with Colombian suppliers while spreading money around among Bahamian government officials for political and judicial protection.

A local Bahamian who had followed the Americans shouted a warning to the officer of the guard aboard the Creole, who threatened to fire into their approaching boat, which withdrew.

With the help of their lawyer, Trevor Carson, they transfer their ill-gotten money to a secret Bahamian bank account.

It is apparent that Sandals has an almost identical island in their Nassau, Bahamas location called the Royal Bahamian.

He also maintains that some of the Africans taken as slaves to the New World already spoke Guinea Coast Creole English in Africa, and that their creole speech influenced the development of creole languages spoken today on the American side of the Atlantic such as Gullah, Afro-Seminole Creole, Bahamian Dialect, Jamaican Creole, Belizean Kriol, Guyanese Creole, Sranan Tongo in Suriname, etc.

White Bahamian Americans in Florida were often referred to as " Conchs ," and their communities in Key West and Riviera Beach sometimes referred to as " Conch Towns.

Bahamian Americans have retained much of their cultural heritage.