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The History Files: Bahamas

Modern #Bahamas: settled by the #Taino group of native #Americans between about AD 300-400, arriving in the #GreaterAntilles chain from #SouthAmerica, with those who settled the Bahamas being known as the #Lucayans.

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How Archaeologists Are Unearthing the Secrets of the Bahamas' First Inhabitants Spanish colonizers enslaved the Lucayans, putting an end to their lineage by 1530

"destroying even more traces of the original inhabitants of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Archaeologists eventually transferred many of the artifacts linked to these Indigenous peoples now known as the Lucayans," #Indigenous #Colonization #Lucayans #Bahamas

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