POPULATION. 



185 



Whites, 325,000 

 Free colored, 130,000 

 Slaves, 260,000 



Total, 715,00c 1 



Consequently, the population of Cuba at the 

 present time (1825), is very nearly equal to that of 

 all the English Antilles, and almost double that 

 of Jamaica. The relative proportion of the inhabi- 

 tants, according to race and state of civil liberty, 

 presents the most extraordinary contrasts in those 

 countries where slavery has taken great root. The 

 following statement shows these proportions, and 

 gives rise to deep and grave reflections. 



COMPARATIVE POPULATION OF THE ANTILLES AND THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



Cuba, 



Jamaica, 



English 

 Antilles, 



All the 

 Antilles, 



Population. White. Free colored. Slaves. Ratio. 

 715,000 325,000 130,000 260,000 46:18:36 



402,000 25,000 35,000 342,000 6 : 9 : 85 



776,500 



71,350 78,350 626,800 9 : 10 : 81 



2,843.000 482,600 1,212,900 1,147,900 17 : 43 : 40 



U. States, 10,525,000 8,575,000 285,000 1,665,000 81 : 3 : 15 



1 The official census of 1827 states the population in that year as 

 follows : — 



Whites, 311,051 

 J?ree colored, 106,494 

 Slaves, 286,942 

 Total, 704,487 



