Scots-Irish Migration to the Bahamas in the Eighteenth Century

by Colin Brooker and Keith Tinker

Beginning in the mid-16th century and down through the 18th century, thousands of immigrants of Scots-Irish origin migrated to the Bahamas, which included the Turks and Caicos Islands. The first, and smaller wave of immigrants came via Bermuda in the mid to late 1600s in the wake of the mass migration of pro-Presbyterians from northern Ireland to the Americas seeking refuge from religious persecution. Later, in the 18th century, as a consequence of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1796080616
• ISBN13: 9781796080612
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"