Little is known about the anonymous author of this book, later
identified as one Charles Leslie, whose family had strong Caribbean
interests. In thirteen 'letters', Leslie covers Jamaica's early
colonial history, its laws, the lives of its governors and the
exploits of famous Caribbean pirates. He provides important
evidence for the conditions in which slaves were traded and kept,
and describes the slaves' beliefs and customs. Leslie's book was
highly topical: it first appeared as 'A new and exact account of
Jamaica' in Edinburgh in 1739, following years of growing hostility
between Spain and Britain over trade in the Caribbean. That summer,
Vice-Admiral Vernon was sent there to destroy as many Spanish ships
and settlements as possible, and in November he captured
Portobello. This book reproduces Leslie's suitably retitled second
edition (London, 1740), which contained an additional chapter. A
Dublin edition followed in 1741, and a French translation in 1751.
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