(VIDEO) Darius Williams speaks on ‘Liberated African Settlements in the Northern Islands' at Bahamas Historical Society
By Jim Lawlor, President, Bahamas Historical Society
Jan 9, 2010 - 10:34:59 PM
Darius speaking at the Bahamas Historical Society on November 26th. Watch his presentation on YouTube. Photo: Lisa Lawlor
Nassau, Bahamas -
The Bahamas Historical Society will host a talk by
Darius Williams on
‘Liberated African Settlements in the Northern Islands' on
November
26th, 2009 at 6pm. All are welcome.
Darius D. Williams is a Grand
Bahamian entrepreneur with an artistic and engineering background. He was born
in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, the son of a Family Island Administrator and a
Schoolteacher turned housewife. He is author of
The Rail and Locomotive
History of the Bahamas. He is currently working on a second book,
The
Heritage of Grand Bahama and its People. He can be seen on U Tube on the
National Art Gallary of the Bahamas web site. He has been featured in all major
local newspapers, on ZNS TV and Charles Carter’s Bahamians. He has given
many presentations to social clubs, heritage festivals and the Bahamas
Historical Society. He has lectured at The College of the Bahamas Northern
Campus. Mr. Williams is married and a father of two. Industrial and social
history, visual and performing arts, sports, baking and anything technical in
nature are his passions.
After emancipation the colonial
government set up a group of third party persons to oversee the resettlement of
Emancipated Slaves and Liberated Africans, along with any other issues arising
during the transition period. As a result, several settlements were created
Bahamas wide. In addition, private owners in some cases help developed policy,
distributed or rented land and help to administer the policy. While the bulk of
the transition took about 40 years, several issues were still being sorted out
50 to 60 years after and several current issues can be directly traced to the
implementation of this policy. This presentation features the results of
research into the settlements of the North Bahamas.
Darius Williams speaking at an event in Grand Bahama.
Thanks to Robert Dorsett the talk can be
seen in video segments:
The Bahamas Historical Society (BHS)
is a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating interest in
Bahamian History and to the collection and preservation of material
relating thereto. Its Headquarters, the former IODE Hall, was a gift
from the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE). BHS is
on Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue in Nassau.www.bahamashistoricalsociety.
com
