Bahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves by Gail Saunders examines the migration of American Loyalists and enslaved Africans to the Bahamas during and after the American Revolutionary War. The study explores how the arrival of Loyalist settlers transformed the islands’ social, economic, and political structures. It examines the establishment and expansion of plantation agriculture, particularly cotton cultivation, and the growing demand for enslaved labour. The work also considers the experiences of enslaved people, their working and living conditions, and the ways slavery shaped relationships between settlers and the wider colonial population. Attention is given to the development of Bahamian society under British rule and the influence of Loyalist settlement on landownership, commerce, and social hierarchy. The book provides an important historical account of the connections between the American Revolution, slavery, migration, and the formation of colonial society in the Bahamas.