Some years after the American Revolution, thousands of British Loyalists migrated to The Bahamas, many bringing enslaved persons with them. Prince Williams was a black loyalist formerly enslaved in South Carolina who came to The Bahamas as a free man where he co-founded Bethel Meeting House (now Bethel Baptist Church) in 1790. Other founders included Amos Williams and Sambo Scriven. Bethel is the oldest Baptist Church in The Bahamas.
