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HISTORY OF THE 
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Whites. 
Blacks. 
Jamaica - - - - 
30,000 
250,000 
Barbadoes - - - 
16,167 
62,115 
Grenada - - - - 
1,000 
23,926 
St. Vincent - - - 
1,450 
11,853 
Dominica - - - - 
1,236 
14,967 
Antigua - - - 
2,590 
37,808 
Montserrat - - - 
1,300 
10,000 
Nevis - - - - 
1,000 
8,420 
St. Christopher’s - - 
1,900 
20,435 
Virgin Isles - - 
1,200 
9,000 
Bahamas - - - - 
2,000 
2,241 
Bermudas - - - 
5,462 
4,919 
Total 
65,305 
455,684 
There is likewise, in each of the islands, a con¬ 
siderable number of persons of mixed blood, and 
native blacks, of free condition. In Jamaica they 
are reckoned, as we have shewn, at ten thousand; 
and I have reason to believe they do not fall short 
of the same number in all the other islands collec¬ 
tively taken. The whole inhabitants therefore may 
properly be divided into four great classes. 
1 , European Whites. 
2 , Creole or Native Whites, 
3 , Creoles of mixed blood, and free Native 
Blacks. 
4, Negroes in a state of slavery. 
I shall treat of each class separately; premising, 
however, that there are persons not comprehended 
