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for it contains 130,000 free colored, while Jamaica 

 has only 35,000, with a population of one-half 

 greater. Cuba has received from Africa, 



Previous to 1791 93,500 



From 1791 to 1825, at least 320,000 



413,500 



In 1825, in consequence of the small number of 

 females brought by the traders, there existed in the 

 island only, 



• 



Negroes, free and slave 320,000 



Mulattoes 70,000 



390,000 



A similar calculation was sent to the Cortes of 

 Spain, on the 20 July 1811, based upon numerical 

 elements differing slightly from these, in which it 

 was endeavored to prove that the island of Cuba had 

 received up to 1810, less than 229,000 African 

 negroes, 1 which are represented, in 1811, by a slave 



1 According to a note published by the Consulado of Havana 

 (Papal Periodico, 1801, p. 12), it is estimated that the average cost 

 of the 15,647 African negroes, imported from 1797 to 1800, was 

 $375, each. At this rate, the 307,000 imported from 1790 to 

 1823, will have cost the inhabitants of the island the sum of 

 $115,125,000. — H. 



