A haven for pirates such as Blackbeard in the 17th century, the Bahamas became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
Un refugiu pentru piraţi, precum Barbă-Neagră, în sec. al 17-lea, în Bahamas a devenit colonie britanică în 1717.
Blackbeard (18th century lithograph)
After the American Revolution, it was settled by many Loyalists who brought with them slaves to labor on cotton plantations.
După Revoluţia Americană, colonia a fost creată de mai mulţi loialişti care au adus cu ei sclavi pentru a munci pe plantaţiile de bumbac.
Later, during the prohibition era in the US, the Bahamas became a base for rum-running.
Mai târziu, în timpul perioadei de prohibiţie în SUA, Insule Bahame au devenit o bază de contrabanda cu alcool.
It did not become a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations until 1973.
El nu a devenit un stat suveran în cadrul Commonwealth-ului decât în 1973.
Question: What happened to the native tribe that Columbus first encountered there in 1492?
On 12 October 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere in the Bahamas.
He encountered Arawak Indians and exchanged gifts with them.
They were of the Lucayan tribe, and some traveled with Columbus in his return to Europe.
