832 



wars and emigration; and, admitting this 

 statement, we find, according to the two hy- 

 potheses (r = 0,016, or r - 0,026), 824,200, or 

 1,002,500. The last official numeration, pub- 

 lished by the government of Haiti, gives 

 935,300 : in order to avoid exaggeration, I 

 fixed on 820,000. 



BLACK POPULATION OF CONTINENTAL AND INSULARY 

 AMERICA. 



I. Negro Slaves. 



West India insulary America. 1,090,000 



United States ., 1,650,000 



Brazil 1,800,000 



Spanish Colonies of the Continent .. 307,000 

 English, Dutch and French Guyanas 200,000 



6,047,000 



2. Free Negroes. 



Haiti, and the other Islands ..870,000 



United States 270,000 



Brazil, perhaps 160,000 - 



Spanish Colonies on the Continent . . . 80,000 

 English, Dutch, and French Guyanas.. 6,000 



1,386,000 



RECAPITULATION. 



Blacks without mixture, consequently excluding mulattoes t 



5,047,000 slaves 79 per cent. 



1,386,000 free 21 



6,433,000 



