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The arrival of the loyalists brought changes in the government and the social life of the Bahamas. They brought thousands of slaves who bought with them their diverse culture.
The most definite transformation that came about as a result of the loyalists settling in The Bahamas was the sudden growth in population. Before their arrival, there was an estimated 4,000-5,000 inhabitants living here. There were 2,750 living in New Providence, 500 in Harbour Island, 450 in Eleuthera, and 250 all together in Exuma, Long Island and Cat Island. These figures do not represent the number of people that were living in Turks and Caicos. (Paul Albury, History of the Bahamas"
By 1788 the population trebled to 9,800. Free land was one of the major contributing factors to this great influx of loyalists. Forty acres of land was given to each household and an additional 20 acres to each member of the family including the slaves and free blacks. By 1789 the total population had risen to 11,300, of whom about 8,00 were Negroes.
This growth of the population was unequally distributed regarding race. For the first time blacks outnumbered the whites and represented 2/3 of the population. On average, the southern and central islands of The Bahamas had 91.3% slaves during the period 1775-1807
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