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states, slavery will be extinguished by degrees : the republic 

 of Columbia has given the example of progressive liberation. 

 That measure, at once humane and prudent, is due to the 

 disinterestedness of General Bolivar, whose name is not less 

 illustrious by the virtues of the citizen, and by his modera- 

 tion in success, than by the splendour of his military glory. 



DISTRIBUTION OP THE TOTAL POPULATION OF AMERICA, AC- 

 CORDING TO THE DIVERSITY OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. 



I. Roman Catholics 22,486,000 



a Continental Spanish America . . . 15,986,000 



Whites 2,937,000 



Indians 7,530,000 



Mixed & negro race 5,518,000 



15,985,000 



b Portuguese America 



4,000,000 



c United States, Lower Canada, 



and French Guyana 



537,000 



d Haiti, Cuba, Portorico, and 



French West Indies 



1,964,000 



22,486,000 



II. Protestants 



a United States 



b English Canada, New Scotland, 



10,295,000 



11,636,000 



Labrador ..... 



c English and Dutch Guyana 



d English West India Islands . . . 

 e Dutch and Danish Islands, &c. 



260,000 

 220,000 

 777,000 

 84,000 



11,636,000 



HI. Independent Indians, not Christians 



820,000 



34,942,000 



