Stedman's Surinam: Life in an Eighteeth-Century Slave Society

by John Gabriel Stedman, Richard Price (Editor), Sally Price (Editor)

Overview

The famed account of 18th-century slavery in South America, “made more readable by moderate editorial changes . . . A well-accomplished abridgment” (Colonial Latin American Historical Review).

This abridgment of Richard and Sally Price’s acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on John Gabriel 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421412696
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	04/27/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	612
File size:	20 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard Price is the author of twelve books, including an earlier work on the Saramaka people, the award-winning First Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People. He is coeditor, with Sally Price, of John Gabriel Steadman's Narrative of a Five Year Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. He has taught at Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Minnesota, and the University of Paris.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Map for Stedman's "Narrative"
Chapter 2. Stedman's 1790 "Narrative"
Editors' Notes to Stedman's "Narrative"
References Cited

Editorial Reviews

Editors Richard Price and Sally Price make available to students and others an abridged, modernized edition of Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, written in 1790 (and published in a complete, critical edition in 1988). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This abridged edition includes about half of Stedman's original text and over a third of the original plates... The text itself is made more readable by moderate editorial changes in spelling, punctuation, and word order... A well-accomplished abridgment of the editors' own 1988 edition."

Colonial Latin American Historical Review