Stedman's Surinam

Life in an Eighteenth-Century Slave Society. An Abridged, Modernized Edition of Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam

Author: John Gabriel Stedman
Secondary Author: Richard Price
ISBN: 9780801842603

This abridgment of the Prices' acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman's original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of colonial life—and one of the strongest indictments ever to appear against New World slavery.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publish Date: 1992-03-01

Subjects: History / Latin America / General, History / Latin America / South America, History / Modern / 18th Century, History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Social Science / Slavery

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Central & South America (CSAM))