John Gabriel Stedman
John Gabriel Stedman was a Dutch-British army officer and writer best known for writing The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796). This narrative covers his experience in Suriname between 1773 and 1777, where he was a soldier in a Dutch regiment deployed to assist colonial troops fighting against groups of maroons. He first recorded his experiences in a personal diary that he later rewrote and expanded into the Narrative. The Narrative was a bestseller of the time and, with its firsthand depictions of slavery and other aspects of colonialism, became an important tool in the fledgling abolitionist movement. When compared with Stedman's personal diary, his published Narrative is a sanitized and romanticized version of Stedman's time in Surinam.
Books
Stedman's Surinam
1796
ISBN 9780801842603
LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents
2017
ISBN 9788027225491
Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves
2022
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
2017
ISBN 9788026873761
Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels
2017
ISBN 9788026873754
ONCE UPON A SLAVE: 28 Powerful Memoirs Of Former Slaves & 100+ Recorded Testimonies in One Edition
2017
ISBN 9788027225507
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
2018
ISBN 9788026883241
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
2022
Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam
1971
ISBN 9782865831470
Expedition to Surinam
1796
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America
1796
ISBN 9781022218437
Narrative of Joanna, an emancipated slave of Surinam
1838
ISBN 9781296789022
Viaggio al Surinam e nell' interno della Guiana ossia relazione di cinque anni di corse e di osservazioni fatte in questo interessante e poco conosciuto paese
ISBN 9789057309694