In this clip, Dr. Marvin Dunn outlines some of the major causes for Bahamian migration in the 19th century and the route people traveled to get to Miami.
The making of a senator
State Senator Shevrin Jones gives a little insight to his family’s migration story from the Bahamas to south Florida.
“My parents were proud of their Bahamian heritage and brought us up in bahamian traditions and cultures.”
– Enid Pinkney, Miami story collected by historymiami museum
