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  The Bahamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The climate of the Bahamas is subtropical to tropical, and is moderated significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream, particularly in winter.
Commonwealth Realms: Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas • Barbados • Grenada • Jamaica • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bahamas   (2012 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Bahamas are governed under the constitution of 1973 and have a parliamentary form of government.
Bahamas seeks to boost its lead as chief country of registry, as cruise vessels reflag.
Rikers is Not an Island in the Bahamas.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bahamas.asp   (1215 words)

  
 The History of Jim Crow
Senator Hiram R. Revels, one of the first two fls elected to the U. Senate, left Congress to be Alcorn's first president in 1871, presiding over eight faculty and 179 students.
To be free and white was the promise of American equality, and all whites thereafter shared a common bond in their whiteness that superseded any class differences.
Bahamas: The Bahamas are a chain of dozens of islands located about 50 miles off the east coast of Florida, extending over 760 miles from North to South.
www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi   (3714 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Bahamas, The
British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783.
Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management.
Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/bf.html   (1024 words)

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