September 17, 2019
Bahamians disembark from an airline that brought them to the US for work on the Contract.
Photos: Jessica Dawson and Tracey L Thompson/ramblebahamas.org
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FACE TO FACE: Bahamians will continue to make valuable contributions to the US – if given the chance
THERE was a time when tens of thousands of Bahamians migrated to the United States of America. It was 1943, and World War II was still raging. Many Americans were drafted to serve in the armed forces. Others left the farms to work in more profitable war industries.
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