author
John Gabriel Stedman
1744–1797
A soldier’s memoir became one of the most vivid and troubling firsthand accounts of colonial Suriname in the late eighteenth century. His writing mixes adventure, observation, and moral unease, which is part of why it still draws readers today.
7 Audiobooks
Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Compleet
by John Gabriel Stedman
Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 4
by John Gabriel Stedman
Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 2
by John Gabriel Stedman
Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)
by John Gabriel Stedman
Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 1
by John Gabriel Stedman
Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 3
by John Gabriel Stedman
About the author
Born in 1744 in Dendermonde, John Gabriel Stedman was a Dutch-British officer who served in the Scots Brigade of the Dutch army. He is best known for Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796), a book based on his time in Suriname during the 1770s.
That narrative made him an important witness to the violence and contradictions of colonial slavery. Readers have long been struck by the way his account combines military reporting, travel writing, and personal reflection, including his relationship with Joanna, an enslaved woman in Suriname.
Stedman died in 1797, only a short time after his book appeared. His work has lasted far beyond his military career, both for its historical detail and for the powerful afterlife of its illustrations, some of which became especially well known through engravings associated with William Blake.