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Names of the Islands 



k) English Virgi 

 Islands, Anega 

 da, Virgin Gor 



DA AND TORTOLA 



1) Tobago - - 



m) Anguilla and 

 Barbuda 



n) Trinidad - 



o) Salnt Lucie 



Total popula- 

 tion. 



8,5.00 



16,000 



2,500 

 41,500 



Slaves. 



6,000 



14,000 



,800 



23,500 



17,000 



13,000 



Observations and Variations. 



according to the most correct opinions, 

 1500 free, of whom scarcely one-fifth are 

 whites. Offi.Reg. 1817, slaves, 6610 ; of 

 1820, slaves, 6505. Mr. Morse estimates 

 the total population in 1822, at 10,750; but 

 it is not so great. 



Very uncertain. In 1820, probably, 

 slaves, 6000; free men of colour, 1200- 

 1500; whites, 400. In 1788, however, 

 the slaves were estimated at 9000. (Melish 

 reckoned in 182?, the total population at 

 Tortola to be 10,500 ; and at Virgin Gorda, 

 8000!) 



In 1805, slaves, 14,883; free, 1600; in 

 1811, slaves, 16,897; free, 935 ; in 1815, 

 total, 18,000. Offi. Beg. of 1817, slaves, 

 15,470; of 1820, slaves, 14,581 [probably 

 now 2000 free, of whom 1200 are coloured 

 population.] Mr. Morse (Modern Geogr., 

 p. 236,) reckons for 1822, total 16,483, of 

 whom 15,583 were slaves and free men of 

 colour, and 900 whites. 



Uncertain. 



In 1805, slaves, 19,709 ; free, 5536 (M« 

 Cullum). Numeration of 1811, believed to 

 be very exact ; total 32,989, of which 2617 

 were whites ; free men of colour, 7493 ; 

 free Indians, 1736 ; slaves, 21,143. Offi. 

 Reg. of 1817, slaves, 25,941 ; in 1820, 

 slaves, 23,537. It is usual to estimate much 

 too low the constantly increasing population 

 of this island. Mr. Morse, in 1822, total 

 28,477 ; yet there is no doubt of there be- 

 ing now at least 14,000 free men of colour ; 

 whites, 4000 ; slaves, nearly 24,000. 



In 1788, the total was estimated at 

 20,968, of whom 17,221 were slaves; in 



