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John Gabriel Stedman

Narrative of Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam

Transcribed for the First Time From the Original 1790 Manuscript

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When John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of Five Years Expedition was first published in 1796-a bowdlerized edition full of lies and nonsense-Stedman claimed to have burned two thousand copies. It nevertheless became an immediate popular success. A first-hand account of an eighteenth-century slave society, including graphic accounts of the worlds of both masters and slaves, it also contained vivid descriptions of exotic plants and animals, of military campaigns, and of romantic adventures. Illustrated by William Blake, Francesco Bartolozzi, and others, Stedman's work was quickly translated into a half-dozen languages and was eventually published… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Price, Richard (Hrsg.) / Price, Sally (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-5040-2894-3
  • EAN: 9781504028943
  • Produktnummer: 31915120
  • Verlag: Open Road Distribution
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 808 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

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John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797), Scottish soldier and adventurer, fought against rebel slaves in Suriname, had a famous romance with the slave Joanna, and authored one of the most important books ever written about a slave society. Richard and Sally Price have been conducting research about Suriname since the 1960s and have written a number of prize-winning books about the region.

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