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Trinidad
Slave Census of 1813
SUMMARY
Number of slaves
25,696
Creole (i.e born in the West Indies) 11,633 (46% of
total)
African 13,984 (54% of total)
BREAKDOWN OF
AFRICAN BORN SLAVES
Ibo (S.E.
Nigeria) 2,863 - 20% of African
Congo (Congo) 2,450 - 20%
Moco (Cameroons) 2,240 - 17%
Mandingo (Senegambia) 1,421 - 10%
Kormantyn (Ghana - includes Fanti, Ashanti &
others) - 1,068 - 7%
Kwakwa (Ivory Coast) 473 - 3%
Sierra Leone (Temne 169, Sisu 145, Kissi 63) - 377
2.5%
Ibibio (Nigeria) 371 - 2.5%
Raddah (Dahomey) 281 - 2%
Chamba (Nigeria?) 275 - 2%
Fulani (N. Sierra Leone) 171 - 1.2%
Popo (Dahomey) 112 - 1%
Hausa (N. Nigeria) 109 - 1%
Yoruba (W. Nigeria) 10 - 0.07%
Various tribes under 1% 818 - 6%
Only port of departure known - 8.73%
Source: "Seven
Slaves and Slavery - Trinidad 1777-1838", by Father
Anthony de Verteuil C.S.Sp., Scrip-J Printers,
Port-of-Spain, 1992.
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