A review by bahareads
From Africa to The Bahamas by Jim Lawor

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

From Africa to The Bahamas looks at the movement, forced or otherwise, from African people to The Bahamas. Lawor uses Colonial Office Roecrds, maps and plans, first-hand narratives, newspapers, and a lot of secondary sources for his book. There are several helpful charts and graphs that allow readers to visualize the numbers and population density. FATTB is a small and quick read. Lawor starts with a look at African history and civilization growth to give background before focusing on The Bahamas. The chapters span looking at African history and civilization, the growth of the Black and Coloured population, the fates of enslaved from slave ships, Liberated Africans to Sierra Leone and Cuba, and Settlements after Emancipation. The demographics of liberated Africans brought to The Bahamas are heart-wrenching, while also informative. 

Lawor;'s work gives good information while also whetting the appetite for more deeper and in-depth works on topics like African cultural practices post-emapnication, and the dynamics between different African ethnic groups, among other things.