Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 - 8:00 AM
"Nothing Grows On Exuma"
After the Revolutionary War, British Loyalists, who were no longer welcome in America, packed up their belongings, including their slaves, and sailed to Exuma, an island in the Bahamas. Their enterprise failed, and plantation owners returned to England, abandoning their slaves. The descendants of these slaves have kept their ancestors' rich culture alive on the island. D
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