A replica of a home built by Mariah Brown & her husband, believed to have been among the first black Bahamian settlers, is fenced in and covered by weeds on Charles Avenue in Village West.

In this 1890 photo provided by HistoryMiami, Bahamian immigrants stand on the property of the Peacock Inn in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami.

In this photo dated 1890 provided by HistoryMiami, Bahamian immigrants stand outside the Barnacle boathouse in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. The community was the first black settlement in