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1790 ALMANAC

The following TABLES are copied from the Minutes of the Committee of Privy Council on the SLAVE TRADE, therefore of the greatest authenticity, and, we think, highly interesting to our Readers.

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ACCOUNT of the Number of WHITE INHABITANTS, FREE NEGROES and SLAVES in the several British West India Islands, compiled by order of the Committee of the Council, from accounts transmitted by the Governors of the respective Islands, with the Year in which the last returns were made.

 

ISLAND YEAR WHITE INHABITANTS FREE NEGROES SLAVES
Jamaica 1787 23,000 4,093 256,000
Antigua 1774 2,590 - 37,808
Montserrat 1774 1,300 - 10,000
Nevis 1774 1,000 - 10,000
St. Christopher's 1774 1,900 - 23,462
Virgin Islands 1774 1,200 - 9,000
Barbadoes 1786 16,167 838 62,115
Granada 1785 996 1,115 23,926
St. Vincent's 1787 1,450 1,138 11,853
Dominica 1788 1,236 445 14,967
Bahamas 1773 2,052 77 2,241
Bermudas 1783 5,462 - 4,919

An Account of the Number of SLAVES annually exported from AFRICA, by the subjects of Great Britain, France, Holland, Denmark, and Portugal; to which are added the particular Countries from whence the Negroes were sent. (This account was furnished by the Delegated from Liverpool.)

By the British, 38,000

By the French, 20,000

By the Dutch, 4,000

By the Danes, 2,000

By the Portuguese, 10,000

TOTAL, 74,000

Of the above, Gambia furnishes 700

The Isles Delos and the adjacent Rivers 1,500

From Sierra Leone to Cape Mount 2,000

From Cape Mount to Cape Palmas 3,000

From Cape Palmas to Cape Appolonia 1,000

The Gold Coast 10,000

Quitta and Papoe 1,000

Whydah 4,500

Porto Novo, Eppee, and Bidagry 3,500

Lagos and Benin 3,500

Bonny and New Calabar 14,500

Old Calabar and Cameroons 7,000

Gabon and Cape Lopez 500

Loango, Melimba, and Cape Benda 13,500

Majumba, Ambris, and Missoula 1,000

Loango, St. Paul's, and Benguela 7,000

TOTAL 74,200

An Account of the Number of Ships which have entered annually [1783 through 1787] in the several British West India Islands from AFRICA, with the number of NEGROES which were imported on board the same in each Year; and also the Negroes imported from other countries, together with the Negroes which were exported; distinguishing each Island. (N.B. This account was made up from accounts furnished by the Inspector General of the Imports and Exports to and from Great Britain.)

 

VESSELS ARRIVING FROM AFRICA NEGROES IMPORTED NAMES OF ISLANDS NEGROES EXPORTED TO FOREIGN WEST INDIES NEGROES EXPORTED TO STATES OF AMERICA NUMBER REMAINING IN BRITISH WEST INDIES
4 1581 ANTIGUA 141 200 +
21 9044 JAMAICA 64 0 +
13 4983 TORTOLA 404 0 +
38 16208 TOTAL YR 1783 609 200 15399
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8 1750 ANTIGUA 68 39 +
18 5200 DOMINICA 13 0 +
9 1881 GRENADA 15 16 +
39 15468 JAMAICA 4456 0 +
5 785 SAINT KITT'S 99 148 +
10 2126* NEVIS 0 0 +
4 1340 ST. VINCENT'S 400 0 +
93 28550 TOTAL YR 1784 5060 203 23287
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1 300 ANTIGUA 58 5 +
2 14 BARBADOES 0 0 +
25 6254 DOMINICA 117 0 +
9 2531 GRENADA 90 0 +
30 11046 JAMAICA 4194 395 +
0 78** ST. KITT'S 0 68 +
0 0 MONTSERRAT 0 0 +
6 1240 ST. VINCENT'S 91 0 +
73 21598 TOTAL YR 1785 4550 468 16580
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3 462 ANTIGUA 116 10 +
5 606 BARBADOES 163 18 +
29 8407 DOMINICA 189 0 +
7 2005 GRENADA 0 0 +
16 5645 JAMAICA 3354 309 +
3 675*** ST. KITT'S 128 0 +
0 0 MONTSERRAT 0 0 +
0 0 NEVIS 0 0 +
4 1360 ST. VINCENT'S 50 0 +
67 19160 TOTAL YR 1786 1151 337 14843
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5 562 ANTIGUA 77 25 +
7 713 BARBADOES 85 0 +
25 5709 DOMINICA 1888 130 +
13 3713 GRENADA 536 0 +
16 5682 JAMAICA 1741 29 +
5 1095 ST. KITT'S 185 0 +
0 45** NEVIS 0 0 +
12 3361 ST. VINCENT'S 660 0 +
2 143 TORTOLA 0 0 +
85 21023 TOTAL YR 1787 5182 184 15657
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* includes 23 from foreign West Indies

** from foreign West Indies

*** includes 15 from foreign West Indies

ACCOUNT of the Number of WHITE INHABITANTS, FREE NEGROES, and SLAVES, in the French West India Islands, during the following Years. (From M. Necker's Book on the Administration of the Finances.)

 

ISLAND YEAR WHITE INHABITANTS FREE NEGROES SLAVES
St. Domingue 1779 32650 7055 249098
Martinique 1776 11619 2892 71286
Guadaloupe 1779 13261 1382 85327
St. Lucia 1776 2397 1050 10752
Tobago about the same 1776 2397 1050 10752
Cayenne 1780 1358 0 10539
Mauritius (Ile de France) 1776 6386 1199 25154
Isle de Bourbon 1776 6340 0 26174

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