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THE ALBION
British, Colonial, and Foreign Weekly Gazette
New York, Saturday, February 4, 1826
British Colonial PopulationWe lay before our Readers the following extracts from the latest official returns of population ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, July 12, 1815.
Governor Baines, of Dominica, reports, that on the 19th of February, 1811, there were on the Island
Slaves 21,728
Whites 1,325
Free persons of color 2,988
Governor Bentinick, of Demerara, states the population of this Island to be -
Slaves 71,180
Whites 2,871
Free colored 2,980
In the Island of New Providence, one of the Bahama Islands, the population was, December 13, 1810 -
Whites 1,720
Free Blacks 565
Free colored 509
Black Slaves 3,044
Colored Slaves 146
Foreigners 100
St. Vincent Island contains --
Whites 827
Free colored 646
Slaves 22,020
The Grenadines contain -
Whites 226
Free colored 76
Slaves 2,000
Bermuda contains -
Slaves 4,794
Whites 4,755
Surinam contains -
Whites 2,029
Free colored & black 3,075
Slaves 51,937
Curacoa contains -
Whites 2,781
Free colored 2,161
Free blacks 1,872
Slaves colored 690
Slaves black 5,336
Grenada contains -
Slaves 29,331
Whites 771
Free colored 1,120
Martinique contains -
Slaves 77,577
Whites 9,206
Free colored 8,630
The births in this Island in 1810 were -
Whites 71
Slaves 1,250
Free colored 80
Berbice contains -
Whites 550
Colored 240
Blacks 25,169The Slave population of Barbadoes exceeds 69,000; that of Jamaica, 319,912; and of Antigua, in 1810, 30,568.
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