chesapeake campground Eleuthera 217 History 217 Getting There 218 By Air 218 By Mail Boat 220 By Private Plane 221 By Priv

and the Ramsar Site, described on page 339. The trail leads past the ruins of a number of old cotton chesapeake campground plantations, chesapeake campground remnants of Loyalist times, until it joins with the Crossing Over Trail that leads to North Caicos. If you re into hiking, you ll want to give this trail a try; be sure to take plenty of water and sunscreen; the round-trip is a long one, and there are no facilities along the way.

Eleuthera 217 History 217 Getting There 218 By Air 218 By Mail Boat 220 By Private Plane 221 By Private Boat 221 Spanish Wells 221 Harbour Island 221 Palmetto Shores 221 Governor s Harbour chesapeake campground 222 Rock Sound 222 Package Vacations 222 American FlyAAWay chesapeake campground Vacations 222 Apple Vacations 222 Club Med 223 Getting Around 223 Island Driving Tour 224 Adventures on Water 227 Fishing 227 Boat Rentals 227 Diving 227 Best Dive Sites 228 Shipwrecks chesapeake campground 229 Best Snorkeling Sites 229 Dive Operators 231 Where to Stay & Eat 232 Dining 232 Governor s Harbour 232 Gregory Town 232 Hatchet chesapeake campground Bay 232 Palmetto Point 233 Harbour Island 233 Accommodations 234

Things continued in much the same vein for more than 40 years until 1951, when women and people who didn t own property were given the right to vote. Eight years later, the black majority took the Bahamas into independence as a commonwealth chesapeake campground nation, despite fierce chesapeake campground opposition from the British government and white property owners.

By 1800, the black population of the islands had tripled. Emancipation came to the Bahamas in August 1834, and the newly liberated slaves left Nassau chesapeake campground and moved over the hill to establish settlements of their own. The descendants of those slaves still live in Grant s Town, Carmichael, Gambier and Adelaide, as well as on the Out Islands of The Exumas, Rum Cay, San Salvador, Long Island and others. Unfortunately, the one-time slaves were unequipped for life on their own; the new settlements endured but didn t prosper. The black Bahamians became chesapeake campground the poor people of the islands.