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.

• 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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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