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.