1st Edition

British West Indian Newspapers and the Abolition of Slavery

By Andrew Lewis Copyright 2024
368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first overall survey of the British West Indian press in the early nineteenth century—a critical period in the history of the region. Based on extensive and ground-breaking archival research, this volume provides an in-depth history of early nineteenth-century British West Indian newspapers and potted biographies of the journalists who produced them. The author examines the... Read more

1. BRITISH WEST INDIAN NEWSPAPERS BY THE 1820s: THE FIFTH ESTATE?  2. THE PRECARIOUS BUSINESS OF RUNNING A WEST INDIAN NEWSPAPER  3. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID: THE PLANTER PRESS  4. WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAID: THE WEST INDIAN LIBERAL PRESS  5. FLASH POINTS: NEWSPAPER DISPUTES WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE JUDICIARY  6. WEST INDIAN GOVERNORS AND THE PRESS: SHIPS’ CAPTAINS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SEA  7. WEST INDIAN NEWSPAPERS VIEWED FROM AFAR: THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND THE BRITISH PRESS

Biography

Andrew Lewis works as a freelance historical researcher and part-time as an archivist at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives. His research interests are primarily focused on nineteenth-century social and political history. This book is his first major publication.