Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica

by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Book Overview

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192832611
• ISBN13: 9780192832610
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"