The Spanish started seizing Lucayans as slaves within a few years of Columbus 's arrival , and they had all been removed from the Bahamas by 1520 .
The Lucayans were the first inhabitants of the Americas encountered by Christopher Columbus .
The Spanish started seizing inhabitants as slaves within a few years of Christopher Columbus 's arrival , and they had all been removed from the Bahamas by 1520 .
The Lucayans were the first inhabitants of the Americas encountered by Christopher Columbus .