Who introduced cotton plantations to the Bahamas?

• A. The Loyalists
• B. The Eleutheran Adventurers
• C. The Spanish
• D. The Dutch

Answer: (B)

The question is about who first set up cotton farming as a major economic activity in the Bahamas. The Eleutheran Adventurers were English settlers who arrived in the Bahamas in the mid-1600s and established communities in places like Eleuthera. They sought to build a self-sustaining colony and experimented with growing crops that could be exported for income, including cotton. They brought enslaved labor to run the plantations and tried to create a cash-crop economy around cotton, which is why they are the group credited with introducing cotton plantations there. Later settlers, such as Loyalists after the American Revolution, expanded plantation agriculture, but the initial introduction came with the Eleutheran Adventurers.