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almafu_9959345570002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (418 pages) :
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1 online resource
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511791758
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0511791755
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Slavery and Abolition
Inhalt:
Matthew 'Monk' Lewis (1775-1818) is best known as a writer of plays and 'Gothic' novels such as The Monk (from which he acquired his nickname). On the death of his father in 1812, he inherited a large fortune, including estates in Jamaica. He spent four months there in 1815, during which time much of this Journal of a West India Proprietor was written. He became interested in the condition of the slaves on his estates, and on returning to England made contact with William Wilberforce and other abolitionists. The improvements he made on his own estates were unpopular with other landholders, but foreshadowed the reforms of the 1830s, when the Journal was published. He revisited the island in 1817, but died of yellow fever on the way home. S. T. Coleridge regarded the Journal as Lewis' best work, and the one most likely to be of lasting value.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108024853
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1108024858
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791758
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