Note XXVIII-14 — Chapter XXVIII · THE PEOPLE OF COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, AND SALVADOR. 1800-1887.
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On the ground that a large number of English-speaking negroes thus introduced could never become assimilated with their already mixed population, and would soon create a balance of power in their hands, as against the remainder of the population. The rulers saw in the plan danger to their institutions and customs. U. S. Govt Docs., Cong. 35, Sess. 2, Sen. Miscel. Doc., 26; Foreign Affairs, 1862, 881-4, 897-910; Crosby's Statem. of Events in Cal., MS., 95-100; Pim's Gate of the Pac., 138-46.