. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Former Territory. Present Territory. 620 Miles. correct may be this frightful estimate made by the famous " defender of the Indians," it is absolutely certain that the massacres and grinding rule of the Spaniards resulted in the extermination of the aborigines throughout the Antilles, while those of Mexico and Central America have held their ground. Hence the necessity of introducing another race into the islands of that " Carib- bean Sea," where the Caribs themselves have been replaced by the negroes. African slaves were imported by mil
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Former Territory. Present Territory. 620 Miles. correct may be this frightful estimate made by the famous " defender of the Indians," it is absolutely certain that the massacres and grinding rule of the Spaniards resulted in the extermination of the aborigines throughout the Antilles, while those of Mexico and Central America have held their ground. Hence the necessity of introducing another race into the islands of that " Carib- bean Sea," where the Caribs themselves have been replaced by the negroes. African slaves were imported by millions to fill the void made b}^ the wholesale mas- sacre of the natives. But no systematic records are now available to determine with any accuracy the actual number of "human cattle " thus transferred from the eastern
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