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

Lewis, Matthew Gregory (Author)

Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica was written by Englishman Matthew Gregory Lewis ((9 July 1775 - 16 May 1818) during his first journey to his plantations in Jamaica in 1817. It was not published in London until nearly two decades after in 1834, during the height of the international abolitionist movement. Lewis was a slave-owner who inherited two large plantations, which he would visit twice (this text refers only the first visit). During this trip, he investigates the living and working conditions of the slaves on his plantations. His anecdotal record, the Journal of a West India Proprietor, offers a vivid account of plantation life from the perspective of a 'liberal' slave owner. In addition to this work, he was a novelist, perhaps best known as the author of the popular gothic novel The Monk.

First Edition - London, England : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834

English

Journals
Obeah Narratives
Jamaica

1834

Lewis, Matthew G. Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica. London: John Murray, 1834.

1834

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