Stedman's Surinam by John Gabriel Stedman

Stedman's Surinam by John Gabriel Stedman

This abridgement 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 flourishing slave society.

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

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.

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ISBN 13	9780801842603
ISBN 10	0801842603
Title	Stedman's Surinam
Author	John Gabriel Stedman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1992-04-26
Number of pages	512
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