Stedman, John Gabriel
John Gabriel Stedman (1744 – March 7,1797) was a Dutch-Scottish soldier who fought in the Dutch army against groups of escaped slaves (maroons) in Suriname (Dutch Guyana) in the mid-1770s, the basis for a popular book The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. The book was published in London by Joseph Johnson, and greatly influenced the early abolitionist movement, especially when illustrations by William Blake were added depicting the horrific punishments meted out to slaves.
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This is a significant 1793 map of Guiana by John Gabriel Stedman and Thomas Conder, published to accompany Stedman's The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. Although parts of this region were claimed by European powers and Europeans resided near the coast, trading and managing plantations, the geography, climate, and peoples of the interior were poorly understood when this map was published. (more details)