CHAPTER XI 



THE PEOPLE OF CUBA 



Misconceptions concerning the people of Cuba. Degrees and variety of 

 people. The five classes of people. The Spaniards and other foreign- 

 ers. The white Cubans. Effects of disenfranchisement and conscrip- 

 tions. Hospitality and courtesy. Strong family attachments. The 

 Cuban women. The laboring classes. The colored and black popula- 

 tion. No danger of negro supremacy. 



PERHAPS there is no question which it is so difficult 

 to determine as that of the population of Cuba. It is 

 impossible to obtain accurate statistics, owing to the fact 

 that no reliable census has been taken by the government 

 for many decades. All figures which may be presented are 

 intelligent estimates, and great variation is found in those 

 given by different authorities. 



The latest census of Cuba, published December 31, 1887, 

 gives the population as follows : J 



1 Published in No. 3, vol. xi, of the "Revista do Cuba." 



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