Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 3 by Stedman

"Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 3" by John Gabriël Stedman is a travel narrative published in 1799. This account chronicles a five-year military expedition against escaped slaves in Suriname, beginning in 1773. Stedman documents the brutal realities of colonial slavery, tropical warfare, and plantation life while expressing outrage at the cruelties inflicted upon enslaved people. His observations blend natural history, military campaigns against freedom fighters, and intimate glimpses into colonial society, creating a powerful record that influenced abolitionist sentiment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Title Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Deel 3
Note Wikipedia page about this book: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reize_naar_Surinamen_en_door_de_binnenste_gedeelten_van_Guiana
Credits Produced by Jeroen Hellingman with help of the distributed proofreaders team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Dutch
LoC Class F2351: Latin America local history: Guiana
Subject Slavery -- Suriname
Subject Suriname -- Description and travel
Subject Suriname -- History -- To 1814
Category Text
eBook-No. 8098
Release Date
Last Update Sep 25, 2014
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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