A short and compact book that is informative for learning more about Black Seminoles in The Bahamas. All this time I thought Howard was a Bahamian, not an African-American so that threw me. I was surprised that Howard was surprised that she was received as an outsider - which always makes me think about African-Americans perceive themselves in and outside the African Diaspora.

A lot of the information outside of the Black Seminoles could be found elsewhere in other history books surrounding The Bahamas. Obviously this was Howard's thesis/dissertation. I wish that the narrative had been fleshed out a bit more as it reads very much like a dissertation. The bulk of the book isn't even on the present-day Seminoles descendants which is what really blew me. Howards has a section on gender roles within the community, and I would have loved for her to go even deeper with it. There is also a section on education for children within the community which was really disheartening. Since this work was created in the 90s, I would be interested to see what has changed in Red Bay and how the history has been held on to or evolved.