Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies

Matthew Lewis author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nonsuch Publishing

Published:30th Jun '05

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Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies cover

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.

ISBN: 9781845880378

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 8mm

Weight: 320g

191 pages