Man-O-War Cay

Island in the Abaco region of the Bahamas Man-O-War CayLocation in BahamasShow map of BahamasLocation in North AtlanticShow map of North AtlanticGeographyLocationAtlantic OceanCoordinates26°35′15″N 77°00′25″W / 26.58750°N 77.00694°W / 26.58750; -77.00694TypeCayArchipelagoLucayan ArchipelagoAdministration BahamasDemographicsPopulation215 (2010)Additional informationTime zoneEST (UTC-5) • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)ISO codeBS-HT Man-O-War Cay is a small island in the Abaco region of the Bahamas. As of the 2010 census, the island has a population of 215 residents. History After the declaration of the Bahamas as a British colony in 1748, several thousand English loyalists and enslaved people were relocated to the Bahamas following the American War of Independence. The land was provided to the settlers as compensation for land lost in the USA after the defeat of Britain. The settlers built plantations across the Bahamas. The Island of Man-O-War Cay saw its first loyalist settlement in 1798, one of the earliest in The Abacos. At the beginning of the 19th century, Benjamin Archer, a descendant of the British loyalists, owned the island. His daughter Eleanor married a de