The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government, vol. 1
Title
The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government, vol. 2
Creator
Long, Edward
Library of American History and Politics, Princeton University
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Title
The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government, vol. 1
Creator
Long, Edward (Author)
Publisher
First Edition - London, England : T. Lowndes, in Fleet-Street, 1774
Language
English
Abstract/Description
First published by T. Lowndes in London in 1774, Edward Long's History of Jamaica served for nearly a century as the canonical Anglophone colonial history of Jamaica. The three-volume work provides a comprehensive account of the geographical, political, social, and economic makeup of Jamaica from 1665 to 1774. Long was an influential member of the Jamaican plantocracy and a vocal advocate of slavery; his racist views of Africans and Afro-creoles, whom he often describes as an inferior species, permeate his account of life in Jamaica. This item is Vol. 1 (of 3) of the text.
Subjects and keywords
Histories
Obeah Narratives
Jamaica
Longville, Jamaica
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Obeah Narratives
Jamaica
Longville, Jamaica
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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Date created
1774
Copyright date
1774
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Citation
Long, Edward. The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government. London: T. Lowndes, 1774.