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WEST INDIES -- STEDMAN, J.G. Nachrichten von Surinam und von seiner Expedition gegen die rebellischen Neger in dieser Kolonie in den Jahren 1772 bis 1777. Ein Auszug aus dem Englischen Original. (Neuere Geschichte der See- und Land-Reisen, Bd. 8). Hamburg, B.G. Hoffmann, 1797. xiv, 522, (1) pp. W. fold. map & 7 engr. plates. Cont. hcf. w. brown and black label. (Spine a bit rubbed/chafed, map and some plates a bit stained).
Stedmann, an officer in the Dutch service, fought against the insurgents for five years, but made no secret of his sympathy for the oppressed slaves: "His descriptions of the cruelties practiced upon the negroes forms one of the most vivid indicments of slavery that have ever been penned" (Cox II, 85). - First German edition. Sabin 91080; Doorne/Kempen, Suriname-cat. v.d. UB A'dam, 6450.€ 300
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