What are the names of the historically African suburbs in Nassau?
Grants Town and Bain Town
Paradise Island and Andros Town
Freeport and Marsh Harbour
Lucaya and West End
Answer
The largest concentration of Africans historically lived in the "Over-the-Hill" suburbs of Grants Town and Bain Town, located to the south of the city of Nassau. These areas were predominantly settled by freed slaves and their descendants.
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