Journal of a West India Proprietor

English

Series: Oxford Worlds Classics Ser.

ISBN: 0199549656

EAN: 9780199549658

Category: Travel / Caribbean & West Indies/History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)/History / Caribbean & West Indies / General/

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 11/10/2011

Synopsis: 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 owners 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.

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Journal of a West India Proprietor

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 7.6 inches

Length: 5.0 inches

Weight: 8.71 oz

Pages: 347