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RETURN OF INHABITANTS OF JAMAICA 1788
Return of the number of White Inhabitants Free People of Colour and Slaves in the Island of Jamaica
From Spanish Town, November 1788
CO 137/87, page 173
| WHITE MEN | FREE | |||
| WOMEN & | PEOPLE | |||
| PARISH | CHILDREN | OF COLOUR | SLAVES | TOTAL |
| St. Catherine | 448 | 624 | 5304 | 6376 |
| St. Thomas in the Vale | 291 | 175 | 7459 | 7925 |
| St. Dorothy | 157 | 100 | 3129 | 3386 |
| St. John | 178 | 92 | 5650 | 5920 |
| Clarendon | 600 | 270 | 17000 | 17870 |
| St. Ann | 1400 | 450 | 13700 | 15550 |
| St. Mary | 656 | 70 | 18271 | 18997 |
| Kingston | 6539 | 3280 | 16659 | 26478 |
| Vere | 272 | 225 | 7169 | 7666 |
| Port Royal | 303 | 358 | 2049 | 2710 |
| St. Andrew | 785 | 475 | 9613 | 10873 |
| Portland | 375 | 175 | 4960 | 5510 |
| St. George | 199 | 65 | 4996 | 5260 |
| St. Thomas in the East | 517 | 50 | 19893 | 20460 |
| St. David | 103 | 36 | 2700 | 2839 |
| Westmoreland | 1495 | 500 | 17486 | 19481 |
| St. Elizabeth | 700 | 2000 | 12800 | 15500 |
| Hanover | 812 | 150 | 17614 | 18576 |
| St. James | 1559 | 215 | 18980 | 20754 |
| Trelawny | 958 | 95 | 21000 | 22053 |
| 18347 | 9405 | 226432 | 254184 | |
| MAROONS | ||||
| Trelawny Town | 594 | |||
| Accompong Town | 159 | |||
| Scots' Hall Town | 95 | |||
| Charles Town | 250 | |||
| Moore Town | 228 | 1326 | ||
| TOTAL INHABITANTS | 255510 |
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