23 G 
^I!01>0l!TI()^-g or DiriEKESI castes. 
m the country than in the towns; it must have chanocd tli 0 
yl”‘'^J”sweU informed of the localitfes had 
established m 1811, between the eastern and western parts 
ot the island, between the towns and the fields. The ne^ro 
augmented in the eastern plantations ; but 
the tact that, notwithstanding the importation of 185,000 
bozal negroes, the mass of men of colour, free and slaves, 
has not augmented, from 1811 to 1825, more than 61 OW or 
f- ^ the changes m the relation of partial 
Si'wrf? nanwer limits than one 
would at first bo inclined to admit. 
rpmt^r, s witii respect to each other will 
remain a political problem ot high importance till such time 
as a wise legislation shall have succeeded iu calming invete- 
granting equality of rights to the 
id?ml number of whites in the 
.land of Cuba exceeded that of the slaves by 62.000, whilst 
• V' f t'le number of the people of colour, both 
^ i'rench and English 
^ same period nine-hundredths of the 
to^al population, amounted in the island of Cuba to fortv- 
five hundredths. The free men of colour alui^^J^Vto S- 
teen hiindreclths, th.at is, double the numher of those in 
^1*° numbers given in the enume- 
oSv 7 1 r -nn r Deputacion Provincial, being 
n2p= c 1 the comparison 
proves, first, that the freedmen have been estimated with 
ittle precision cither in 1811 or in 1817; and, secondly, 
negroes is so great, that notwith- 
standing the introduction ot more than 67,700 African 
^‘^S^stered at the custom-house, there were only 
lo,S00 more slaves in 1817 tlianiii 1811. 
In 1817 a new enumeration was substituted for the 
approximative estimates attempted in 1811 . From the 
misiis of 1817 It appears tliat the total population of the 
island of Cuba amounted to 572,363. The number of 
£v?i99f2S.’'’^^^^’ aBd of 
In no part of the world where slavery prevails is eman- 
cipation so frequent as in the island of Cuba. The Spanish 
legislature favours liberty, instead of opposing it, like the 
