Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies
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A01=Matthew Lewis
Author_Matthew Lewis
british empire
Category=WTLC
colonial life
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expedition
exploration
jamaica
jamaican culture
matthew gregory lewis
travel writing
Product details
- ISBN 9781845880378
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2005
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A description of the author's visits to Jamaica in 1815-1816 and 1817, after the abolition of the slave trade but before emancipation. Lewis' journal provides an account of life on his Jamaican sugar plantation during the period when the abolition of slavery in the British Empire was an important political issue.
MATTHEW LEWIS is the author of The Wars of the Roses (Amberley Publishing, 2015) , Richard, Duke of York: King by Right (Amberley Publishing, 2016) and The Survival of the Princes in the Tower (The History Press, 2017). He writes a history blog and runs two podcasts on history.
