Original sentence: Although the area may have been populated previously, the seafaring Taino people moved into the southern Bahamas around the seventh century AD from Hispaniola and Cuba.Bahamian Lucayans were later taken to Hispaniola as slaves; in two decades, many Lucayan societies ceased to exist, as the population endured considerable forced labour, warfare, disease, emigration and outmarriage.Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the New World was on the island of San Salvador, also known as Watling's Island, in the southern part of Bahamas.Despite this, the country still faces significant challenges in areas such as education, health care, international narcotics traffiking, correctional facilities and illegal immigration.In 1967, Sir Lynden Pindling became the first black Premier of the colony, and in 1973 became Prime Minister.These people came to be known as the Lucayans
Edited sentence: Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the New World was on the island of San Salvador Island San Salvador, also called Watling's Island, in the south part of Bahamas.Despite this, the country still faces significant challenges in areas such as education, healthcare, international narcotics traffiking, correctional facilities and illegal immigration.In circumstances recalling those of the southern United States, the country's black majority was economically oppressed and socially excluded, until the election of Sir Lynden Pindling and his government toward the end of the 1960s.Native Americans may have populated the area previously to the seventh century.Taino Indigenous peoples of the Americas Indians from Hispaniola and Cuba moved into the southern Bahamas around the seventh century AD and became the Lucayans.The Bahamian Lucayans were taken to Hispaniola as slaves; in two decades, many Lucayan societies ceased to exist, as the population endured considerable forced labour, warfare, disease, emigration and outmarriage