SLAVERY. 



221 



The importations from 1838 to 1853, according to 

 the returns laid before the British House of Com- 



mons, were 



as follows : 







1 f\ ACltZ. 



104:0 



1839 



10,995 



1847 



1840 



10,104 



1848 



1841 



8,893 



' 1849 



1842... 



. .. . 3,630 



1850 



1843 , 



, 8,000 



1851 



1844 



, - . 10,000 



1852 



1845 , , 



1,300 



30 June, '53 



419 



1,450 



99,239 



We may, therefore, estimate the total number of 

 negroes imported into Cuba from the coast of Africa, 

 as follows : 



To 1820 according to Baron Humboldt, 372,449 



1821. " " Mr. Jameson, 10,000 



1822 to 1828 40,500 



1829 to 1837 121,920 



1838 to 30 June, 1853 99,239 . 



644,108] 1 



1 While these pages were going through the press, we received 

 from the British Foreign Office, through the kind attention of Hon. 

 John Appleton, secretary to the legation of the United States at 

 London, a copy of a parliamentary return to the British House of 

 Commons, ordered to be printed on the 11th of April 1845, accord- 

 ing to which, the importations of slaves in Spanish territory in 



