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, & Bidagry 3,500

Lagos and Benin 3,500

Bonny and New Calabar 14,500

Old Calabar & Cameroons 7,000

Gabon and Cape Lopez 500

Loango, Melimba, & Cape Benda 13,500

Majumba, Ambris, & Missoula 1,000

Loango, St. Paul's, & 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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