822 



Names of the Islands. 



rotal popula- 

 tion. 



e) Nevis 



11,000 



f ) Grenada 



29,000 



g) Saint Vincent] 



AND THE GRENA- 



h) Dominica - 



28,000 



20,000 



i) MoNTSERRAT - 



8,000 



Slaves. 



9,500 



25,000 



24,000 



16,000 



6,500 



Observations and Variations. 



ing to the Official Registers , slaves, 20,137 ; 

 1820, slaves, 19,817. 



In 1809, total 9300, of whom 8000 were 

 blacks (Chalmers) ; in 1812, total, 10,430, 

 of whom 9326 were slaves. {Off. Reg. of 

 1817 ; slaves, 9603 ; of 1820, slaves, 9261; 

 free men of colour, nearly 1000 ; whites, 

 450. 



In 1791, according to Bryan Edwards, 

 slaves, 23,926 ; whites, 1000 ; in 1815, 

 slaves, 29,381 ; free, 1891. Offi. Reg. of 

 1817, slaves, 28,024 ; of 1820, slaves, 

 25,677 ; free men of colour, now, nearly 

 2800 ; whites, 900. 



In 1791, slaves, 11,853; whites, 1450 ; 

 in 1812, total, 27,455, of whom 22,920 were 

 slaves ; in 1815, total 23,493, among whom 

 2130 were free. Off. Reg. of 1817, slaves, 

 25,255 ; of 1820, slaves, 24,252. 



In 1791, slaves, 14,967 ; whites, 1236; 

 in 1805, slaves, 22,083 ; free, 4416 ; in 

 1811, total, 25,031, of whom 1325 were 

 whites ; free coloured population, 2988 ; 

 slaves, 21,728. The relative number of the 

 blacks or free mulattoes, and the whites, is 

 here, as every where else, extremely uncer- 

 tain ; the former are now perhaps the dou- 

 ble of the latter in number. Off. Reg. of 

 1817, slaves, 17,959 ; of 1820, slaves, 

 16,554. Slaves are often exported from 

 Dominica and the Bahama islands to De- 

 merara, where the climate causes a terrible 

 mortality, even among the free coloured 

 population, that are not inured to the cli- 

 mate. 



In 1805, slaves, 9500 ; free, 1250 ; in 

 1812, slaves, 6534 ; free, 442. In 1823, 



