...plantations of Cuernavaca, were all worked, in the first instance, by slaves, who were purchased at Veracruz, at from three to four hundred dollars each. The difficulty...the largest estates, there was not a single slave in the year 1808 ; but the policy of the measure became still more apparent in 1810, for, as soon as the...

...were purchased at Vera Cruz at from three to four hundred dollars each. The difficulty of ensuring a supply during a war with a maritime power, and the...the largest estates there was not a single slave in the year 1808. But the policy of the measure became still more apparent in 1810 ; for as soon as the...

...hundred dollars each. The difficulty of insuring a sufficient supply during a war with a maritime nation, and the number of slaves who perished from the sudden...was found to be so economical, that on many of the large estates there was not a single slave in 1808; hut the policy of the measure became still more...

...change of climate on the road to the coast, induced several of the great proprietors to endeavour t& propagate a race of free labourers, by giving liberty...was found to be so economical, that on many of the large estates there was not a single slave in 1S08. Such is the fer•tility of equinoctial Mexico,...

...change of climate on the road from the coast, the great proprietors endeavoured to propagate a race of labourers, by giving liberty to a certain number of...Indians, which they soon did to a very great extent. What is the amount of produce ? In the warm and fertile parts of New Spain, and in plains capable of...

...desirous to produce a race of free laborers, a large number of slaves were manumitted and encouraged to intermarry with the native Indians, which they soon did to a great extent, and so beneficial was the plan found to the master's interest, that in the year 1808...