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POPULATION OF THE BRITISH (FORMERLY SLAVE) COLONIES.
(Compiled from recent authentic documents.)
| British Colonies. | White. | Slave. | F. Col'd. | Total. |
| Anguilla | 365 | 2,388 | 357 | 3,110 |
| Antigua[[A]] | 1,980 | 29,839 | 3,895 | 35,714 |
| Bahamas | 4,240 | 9,268 | 2,991 | 16,499 |
| Barbadoes | 15,000 | 82,000 | 5,100 | 102,100 |
| Berbicel | 550 | 21,300 | 1,150 | 23,000 |
| Bermuda[[A]] | 3,900 | 4,600 | 740 | 9,240 |
| Cape of Good Hope[[B]] | 43,000 | 35,500 | 29,000 | 107,500 |
| Demerara[[B]] | 3,000 | 70,000 | 6,400 | 79,400 |
| Dominica | 850 | 15,400 | 3,600 | 19,850 |
| Grenada | 800 | 24,000 | 2,800 | 27,600 |
| Honduras[[B]] | 250 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 4,650 |
| Jamaica | 37,000 | 323,000 | 55,000 | 415,000 |
| Mauritius[[B]] | 8,000 | 76,000 | 15,000 | 99,000 |
| Montserrat | 330 | 6,200 | 800 | 7,330 |
| Nevis | 700 | 6,600 | 2,000 | 9,300 |
| St. Christophers,St. Kitts | 1,612 | 19,310 | 3,000 | 23,922 |
| St. Lucia[[B]] | 980 | 13,600 | 3,700 | 18,280 |
| St. Vincent | 1,300 | 23,500 | 2,800 | 27,600 |
| Tobago | 320 | 12,500 | 1,200 | 14,020 |
| Tortola | 480 | 5,400 | 1,300 | 7,180 |
| Trinidad[[B]] | 4,200 | 24,000 | 16,000 | 44,200 |
| Virgin Isles | 800 | 5,400 | 600 | 6,800 |
| Total | 131,257 | 831,105 | 162,733 | 1,125,095 |
[Footnote A: These islands adopted immediate emancipation, Aug 1, 1834.]
[Footnote B: These are crown colonies, and have no local legislature.]
ANTIGUA.
CHAPTER I.
Antigua is about eighteen miles long and fifteen broad; the interior is low and undulating, the coast mountainous. From the heights on the coast the whole island may be taken in at one view, and in a clear day the ocean can be seen entirely around the land, with the exception of a few miles of cliff in one quarter. The population of Antigua is about 37,000, of whom 30,000 are negroes--lately slaves--4500 are free people of color, and 2500 are whites.
The cultivation of the island is principally in sugar, of which the average annual crop is 15,000 hogsheads. Antigua is one of the oldest of the British West India colonies, and ranks high in importance and influence. Owing to the proportion of proprietors resident in the Island, there is an accumulation of talent, intelligence and refinement, greater, perhaps, than in any English colony, excepting Jamaica.