CHAP. I. ] WEST INDIES. 2oi 
in either class; such as emigrants from North Ame¬ 
rica) and a considerable body of Jews. In Jamai¬ 
ca, the latter enjoy almost every privilege possess¬ 
ed by the Christian whites, excepting only the right 
of voting at elections; of being returned to serve in 
the assembly, and holding any office of magistracy; 
but they have the liberty of purchasing and holding 
lands, as freely as any other people; and they are 
likewise allowed the public exercise of their religi¬ 
on; for which purpose they have erected two or 
more synagogues; and I have not heard that Ja¬ 
maica has had any reason to repent of her liberality 
towards them. As, however, they differ but little 
in manners and customs from the rest of their na¬ 
tion which are dispersed in all the countries of Eu¬ 
rope, I shall pass them by without further detail. 
The other white inhabitants, not comprehended in 
this enumeration, are too few to merit particular 
notice.* 
* The following account of the white inhabitants, free negroes, 
and slaves, in the French West Indies, may serve to gratify curiosity. 
It is taken from the authority of Mons. Neckar; but I have reason to 
think that the negro slaves are nearly doubled in the French islands 
since this account was taken. 
Whites. Free Blacks , &c. Slaves. 
St. Domingo, in 1779 3 2 > 6 5 ° 7 >°S 5 249,098 
Martinico, in 1776 11,619 2,892 71,268 
Guadaloupe, in 1779 13,261 1,382 85,327 
St. Lucia, in 1776 2,397 1*050 10,752 
Tobago, supposed to be near- , , „o S o lo, M » 
ly the same as St. Lucia 3 
Cayenne, in 1780 135^ IO >539 
63,682 13,429 437 i 736 
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