BGCSE History (1454) case studies
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BGCSE History (1454) is a secondary-school exit qualification in The Bahamas, normally taken by students near the end of their senior school years and used to show competence in history for further study, employment and academic progression. It is aimed at candidates who have studied Bahamian and wider Atlantic history in a structured school programme, though private candidates and mature learners sometimes enter as well. The BGCSE History (1454) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,773 words.
1The Salt Raker's Petition, 1838
In 1838, four years after emancipation, a group of 60 freedpeople on Great Inagua petition the Bahamas Assembly. They work the salt ponds for a merchant who owns the pans but not the workers.
615 words, about 3 min2Wrecking Rights at Gun Cay, 1865
A Bahamian schooner sights a disabled American brig on the reef near Gun Cay in 1865. The schooner's crew of nine spends two days lightering cargo and saving the brig's passengers.
553 words, about 3 min3The 1942 Labour Dispute and the Governor's Powers
In 1942, workers on a construction project in New Providence strike over wages of 4 shillings a day and the absence of a recognised union. The employer is a contractor on a wartime airfield project funded by the United States.
515 words, about 3 min4Majority Rule and the Boundaries of a Constituency
In 1962, a commission is asked to redraw constituency boundaries before the next general election. The population is concentrated in New Providence, but the Out Islands hold a disproportionate number of seats under the existing scheme.
526 words, about 3 min5Tourism, Land, and the Cable Beach Development, 1960
A foreign developer offers to build a 300-room hotel on Cable Beach in 1960, contingent on a 99-year lease of Crown land at a nominal rent, a ten-year exemption from customs duty on building materials, and a guarantee that the government will not permit a competing hotel within three miles for fifteen years. The government is short of revenue and unemployment is high.
564 words, about 3 min