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<p><P>This abridgment 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 colonial life &#151; and one of the strongest indictments ever to appear against New World slavery.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>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)</p>

Author

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992.

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801842597

Subjects

History, Travel, Science