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 Paperback / softback
by John Gabriel Stedman
Edited by Richard Price, Sally Price
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:512 pages
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/1992
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- ISBN:9780801842603
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:512 pages
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780801842603