Journal of a West India Proprietor : Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (Oxford World's Classics)

Journal of a West India Proprietor : Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (Oxford World's Classics)

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Matthew Lewis is best remembered as the author of the sensational Gothic novel The Monk. He was also a slave-owner, inheriting two large plantations and making two visits to Jamaica to investigate the living and working conditions of his slaves. His anecdotal record, the Journal of a West
India Proprietor, offers a vivid account of plantation life from the slave owner's perspective. This edition provides full contextual background and includes Lewis' verse narrative The Isle of Devils, as well as a telling last letter and extract from his papers.

Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (Oxford World's Classics),Matthew Lewis,Judith Terry,Oxford University Press, USA,0192832611,18th And 19th Century Description And Travel,19th century,Caribbean & West Indies - General,Description,Description and travel,Discrimination & Racism,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,History,History - General History,History: World,Jamaica,Plantation life,Slavery,Biography: general,Caribbean islands,Classic travel writing,English,History / Caribbean & West Indies,Lewis, M. G,Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C,Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries,Other prose: 19th century,c 1800 to c 1900

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