There are several ways in which the U.S. increased western settlement in the 1800's, but by far the most important action was the creation of the Homestead Act.
9 countries(Armenia,Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
Everything expect anything releated to government.The slaves would do all the work and the more wealthy people would be in government.
I would say 30,000 cause all the next developments were from the 1860's forward and that is when huge growth happened, after 1860.
The main idea of Toussaint L'Ouverture in this passage is that after being the first black republic carried out by slaves successfully in the world (Haiti in 1804), the citizens would not allow other countries, such as Great Britain or Spain, to take possession of their land again and get back to the situation and life they lived in slavery.