Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (Oxford World's Classics)

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 owners perspective. This edition provides full contextual background and includes Lewis verse narrative The Isle of Devils as well as a telling last letter and extract from his papers.