the Bahamas, and the West Indies. Some would return home to Britain, but the majority of Loyalists who passed through New York (about 35,000) chose to go to the rocky Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.

The tropical town of Nassau is the nation's capital and is home to most Bahamanians in The Bahamas. The city was built up by loyalists and slaves in the 18th century and many colonial influences are ...

Because the Bahamas archipelago really does have it ... its streets lined with pastel-coloured colonial homes, such as the Loyalist Cottage — one of the oldest houses on the island —, its ...