The Past Speaks

I see that the Canadian media is filled with stories speculating about the possibility of the country’s annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands.  See here, here, and here.

Readers interested in some historical background to this movement might be interested in this article:

Smith, Andrew. 2009. “Thomas Bassett Macaulay and the Bahamas: Racism, Business and Canadian Sub-Imperialism“. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 37, no. 1: 29-50. 

Note that the link is to an ungated pre-publication version of the article.