July 9, 2012
Sir Geoffrey Johstone
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Of pirates and politics in the Bahamas
THE Bahamas’ second governor, Richard Fitzwilliam, himself described as “a rogue with piratical instincts”, took over the administration of the colony in 1734. Even then, a century after the pirates had been subdued, the Bahamas was still recognised as difficult
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