826 



Names of the Islands. 



Total popula- 

 tion. 



t tasr$A 



b) PORTORICO 



Slaves. 



225,000 



c) Marguerita 



IV. French Islands 

 a) Guadaloupe & 



ITS DEPENDEN 

 CIES. 



(Saint Marie - 

 Galante La De 

 sirade, & part 

 or St. Martin) 



b) Martinique 



25, 000; 



18,000 



219,000 

 120,000 



99,000 



400 



178,000 



100,000 



78,000 



Observations and Variations. 



Cuba, ia 1823, a population of only 

 435,000.) 



The total population in 1778, was esti- 

 mated at 80,650; in 1794, at 136,000, of 

 whom 15,000 were whites, 103,500 free 

 men of colour, and 17,500 slaves. But the 

 official numeration of 1822, gives with more 

 certainty, for the total population 225,000, 

 of whom 25,000 were slaves. (Poinsett, 

 Notes on Mexico; FMlud. 1824, p, 5). If 

 the number of whites amounted only ta 

 22,000, this numeration would yield 178,000 

 for free men of colour, an estimate which 

 appears to me exaggerated when compared 

 with the free men of colour of the whole is * 

 land of Cuba. 



M. de Ponce : 14,000, of whom 2000 

 were Indians. 



Freedmen, probably more than 25,000. 



In 1788, total 101,971, of whom 13,466 

 were whites ; 3044 free men of colour ; 

 85,461 slaves. From the official informa- 

 tion, which I owe to Mr. Moreau de Jonnfis, 

 total in 1822, 120,000, of whom 13,000 

 were whites ; free coloured population, 

 7000 ; slaves, 100,000. Other official do- 

 cuments give at Guadaloupe in 1821, total 

 109,404, of whom 12,802 were whites ; freo 

 men of colour, 8604 ; slaves, 87,998. 



The total population in 1815, was believed 

 to be 94,413, of whom 9206 were whites, 

 8630 men of colour, and 76,577 blacks. 

 According to the official numeration of 

 1822, total 98,125, of whom 9660 were 

 whites, 10,1T3 men of colour, and 76,914 

 slaves. 



